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Changing diets challenge sustainable global growth

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INT

Emerging markets are eating more animal based products; the shift has vast implications for trade and the environment

Stimulating skills is key to emerging markets growth

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INT

Human capital will become as key to low-to-mid-income countries as it is for high-income ones

Bullish and bearish China growth view is reconcilable

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CHINA

China analysts are diverging between those growing more negative on the long-run prospects and those remaining bullish

Investing in people is key to a sustainable recovery

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INT

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

Budget and climate pressures affect the growth outlook

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INT

OECD economies will be under increasing strain to decarbonise while also keeping their budget balances sustainable

Public banks can finance SDGs more, but 2030 is a rush

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INTERNATIONAL

The UNCTAD report urging public banks to do the “heavy lifting” to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals is ambitious

Gender friendly business and law policies need impetus

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INTERNATIONAL

Gender equality is a Sustainable Development Goal, but most countries lag regardless of income and political stability

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

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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INT

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Global governance reform will be hard in the Trump era

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INT

Voting at international financial institutions does not reflect GDP trends, leaving emerging markets with little voice