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Western Europe’s inflation struggles will persist

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WESTERN EUROPE

Energy prices have eased but inflationary pressures are afflicting a broader range of goods and services

Niger is heading towards demographic explosion

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NIGER

The population could triple by 2050, placing pressure on the environment, services and stability

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

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

Privacy and security policies lag biometric data use

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INT

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

Africa’s economic crisis will escalate debt crisis

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AFRICA

Debt sustainability is a major concern as African economies reel from the worst economic crisis in decades

Pandemic will strengthen support for digital identity

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INT

Legal identity for all is one of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

African states will monopolise list of least developed

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AFRICA

Least developed countries (LDCs) share common traits but also show gradations among development indicators

Large African economies to shoulder migration burden

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AFRICA

Political volatility will drive African asylum-seekers to rich states, but overall migration is mainly intra-continental