“A transparent government?”
Simon Harris to be questioned tomorrow
The World Bank has slashed its 2023 global economy growth outlook to 1.7% from its earlier projection of 3% and is warning of the risk of a global recession. “Global growth has slowed to the extent that the global economy is perilously close to falling into recession,” the World Bank said this week, pointing to […]
In an interview this weekend, the World Health Organisation’s Special Envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, seemed to reverse the global body’s advice on Covid-19 lockdowns. Talking to the Spectator’s Andrew Neil, Dr Nabarro urged world leaders to stop using lockdown as a “primary control method” and warned that lockdowns would increase poverty and hit those […]
The eight year surge in debt has pushed borrowing among emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) to a record $55tn last year, indicating significant levels of exposure for both private and public sectors.
As far as we know, the idea of “fact checking” was invented a few years ago, as a way to find jobs for those annoying people you meet at a party, or down the pub who have to butt into every conversation with “well, actually….”. Jokes aside, the concept is very simple. You take a […]