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EU air quality laggards are all Eastern

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EU

Air quality has improved throughout the EU, except in five Eastern member states where it was worse in 2014 than in 2001

German exports may remain strong despite Brexit, Trump

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GERMANY

Germany competes primarily on quality, but the weak euro has also improved its price competitiveness

Worker shortages and skills mismatches will hit growth

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INT

High youth unemployment and rising worker retirements are straining labour markets and productivity

India's structural malaise is at odds with GDP growth

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INDIA

India's economic activity appears to have traded quality for quantity

High-debt, low-rates trend may trap poorer nations

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INT

The Fed and ECB have confirmed they will keep policy loose through 2019, but this may encourage more debt take-up

Pandemic fuelled uptake of digital tools but unevenly

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INT

Pandemic-linked disruptions brought millions of new people online for the first time but wide gaps persist

Policy can prevent productivity pay gaps proliferating

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INT

The widening US productivity pay gap, where GDP gains are paid to workers less and less, is not replicated globally

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

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INT

Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

Informality crimps Latin American options

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LATIN AMERICA

The large informal sector reduces fiscal revenues and with them options to improve services and competitiveness

Robots will be crucial to East Asia’s future

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EAST ASIA

East Asia’s major economies are the world leaders in robotics in several respects