Macroeconomy & Globalization

The world's poorest countries suffered from civil wars, ethnic and sectarian strife and then COVID-19 came along making bad situations worse.

China is rising, the US is falling, and some developing nations in Africa are outperforming according to the 2018 edition of the Global Innovation Index.

Overall global FDI declined last year with developed economies seeing a decrease in flows even as developing economies saw an increase.