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AfCFTA – African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain (Joe Bavier, Reuters, WEF)

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) began on New Year's Day 2021. It aims to bring continent-wide free trade to 1.3 billion...

TRADE/TECHNOLOGY – How COVID-19 accelerated the shift towards TradeTech (Alex Capri, Wolfgang Lehmacher, WEF)

Visibility and data-sharing are critical for 21st century supply chain and logistics management. Trading restrictions caused by COVID-19 create opportunities for start-ups. 3D-printing,...

CIRCULAR ECONOMY – Circular Trailblazers: Scale-ups Leading the Way Towards a More Circular Economy (WEF)

The circular transition requires change within and throughout our economic systems. A particular subset of innovators – trailblazers – go the extra mile to...

USA/INDO PACIFIC/INDONESIA – Climbing down from a summit of democratic expectations (Alexander R Arifianto, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/06/climbing-down-from-a-summit-of-democratic-expectations/

BANGLADESH/PANDEMIC – COVID-19 ails Bangladesh’s health, politics and economy (Ali Riaz, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/05/covid-19-ails-bangladeshs-health-politics-and-economy/

TECHNOLOGY – How employers use technology to surveil employees (Darrell M. West, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/05/how-employers-use-technology-to-surveil-employees/

MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/PANDEMIC – Infographic: The stringency of Middle East and North Africa’s COVID-19 response (Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/infographic-the-stringency-of-middle-east-and-north-africas-covid-19-response/

USA/GLOBAL FRAGILITY STRATEGY – How the Biden administration can get the Global Fragility Strategy right (Patrick W. Quirk and Richmond Blake, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/05/how-the-biden-administration-can-get-the-global-fragility-strategy-right/

ISRAEL – The secret sauce behind Israel’s successful COVID-19 vaccination program (Dany Bahar, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/05/the-secret-sauce-behind-israels-successful-covid-19-vaccination-program/

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