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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

Insufficient infrastructure risks dampening global GDP

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The world needs to spend almost 100 trillion dollars on infrastructure by 2040, equivalent to five times US GDP

The job dislocation of COVID-19 will reduce global GDP

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INTERNATIONAL

The more jobs that are lost worldwide this year, the more disjointed the economic recovery will initially be

Demography and past austerity raise the COVID-19 risks

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INT

COVID-19 particularly threatens the elderly; ageing populations and years of post-crisis austerity leave nations at risk

Many middle-income states face a fragile recovery

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The G20 summit pledged vaccine equity to help low-and-middle-income nations, but not broader economic commitments

Joblessness will rise as job-save policies are unwound

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Policies have reduced the damage COVID-19 has done to Western job markets but these temporary schemes have to be unwound

Differentiated approach aids emerging market assets

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INT

US GDP upgrades are fuelling price fears and a bond market sell-off, but investors are differentiating more between EMs

Latin America poverty progress is being reversed

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LATIN AMERICA

Slower growth is undermining advances in reducing poverty and inequality, raising instability risks

Policy and technology are key to full financial access

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INT

Nearly 70% of all over-15s are ‘banked’; at least 76% of them have also made a digital transaction

US stance may exacerbate human trafficking in Americas

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LATIN AMERICA

Scattered state efforts to tackle human trafficking will have limited effect amid widespread corruption and insecurity