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Investing in people is key to a sustainable recovery

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The pandemic has damaged human and social capital; both are key to economic prospects but under-recorded in GDP accounts

Privacy and security policies lag biometric data use

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People are submitting vast amounts of biometric data to governments and private firms, knowingly and unknowingly

Overcoming the ‘middle-income’ trap is getting harder

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Population ageing makes it harder for the major emerging markets (EMs) to overcome the so-called ‘middle-income’ trap

Inclusion and privacy policies may lag cashless growth

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INTERNATIONAL

Cashless spending is surging, giving customers and traders more flexibility and reducing ‘organisational’ costs

Rising Sahel violence will become entrenched

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SAHEL

Insecurity is increasing and changing shape across Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso

Russia may carve out shallow niche in Africa

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RUSSIA-AFRICA

Russia announced its return to Africa with a major summit in Sochi on October 23-24

“Perfect storm” threatens Congo Ebola response

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CONGO-KINSHASA

A confluence of factors is raising fears that Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, already the worst in a decade, might worsen

West African piracy reduction may not last

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WEST AFRICA

Piracy rates in the Gulf of Guinea have declined drastically in recent years

Foreign fighters could be decades-long global threat

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Returning foreign fighters are often at the heart of jihadi recruitment and terror operations

The looming pensions crisis requires policy attention

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Straining pension systems, 25% of people in high-income nations will be aged 65 or more by 2040, twice the share in 2000