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English-speaking Caribbean faces economic uncertainty

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CARIBBEAN

The island economies are highly vulnerable to natural disasters and external events

Global deflation risk will fade due to monetary action

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INTERNATIONAL

Despite some hotspots, deflation risks prevail over high inflation trends

Board diversity may give Europe an edge in talent war

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EUROPE

Countries, not the EU, lead the trend in Europe to improve corporate governance by boosting gender diversity on boards

Policy on ‘globesity’ epidemic must shed urban bias

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INT

Approaches to tackling the rise in overweight and obese populations have tended to ignore alarming rural trends

South-east Asia is set to be piracy hotspot yet again

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INT

Somali piracy may have surged in early 2017 but is still lagging South-east Asia

Turkish birth rate will resist government policy

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TURKEY

Underlying Turkey’s slowing population growth in 2020 is a steady decline in both the crude birth and fertility rates

Non-financial risks may spur the next financial crisis

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INTERNATIONAL

Asking 13,000 business leaders their top risks to doing business shows that non-financial fears are rising in importance

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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INT

Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Africans will increase digital payment use

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AFRICA

Digital transactions are on the rise, even where internet access lags

Joblessness will rise as job-save policies are unwound

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INT

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