The Belt and Road Initiative: China’s trillion-dollar project to dominate global trade
It’s 2013, Xi Jinping is delivering a speech in Kazakhstan1 in which he mentions a new economic belt going along the old silk road, the ancient corridor linking Asia to the European continent and the middle east for approximately 2,000 years. A month later he…
Understanding the global supply chain crisis
In 2020, following the international spread of the Covid-19 virus, the shutdown of the global economy lead to deep and unprecedented changes in today’s globalized and capitalistic societies. While the public health sector suffered the most during the pandemic years, another sector that was also…
Research: Global Economic Outlook 2021: Regional and Sectoral Disparities
The year 2020 has been dictated by the ever-growing spread of the pandemic. The exponential proliferation of Covid-19 has caused entire economies to cease operations as the number of cases and subsequent deaths keep rising. As policymakers weigh the health costs of the pandemic to…
Research: Small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Arab Emirates
Due to their immense role in the growth of national economies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been at the center of attention for policy makers in both developed and developing countries. SMEs make up to 99 percent of total enterprises in most developed countries,…