Qatar has demonstrated considerable resilience in recent years, successfully developing new homegrown industries while at the same time strengthening its global ties. Although Covid-19 has introduced significant economic uncertainties in 2020, a rapid response from Qatar's authorities to curb the effects of the virus should stand the nation's economy in good stead over the medium and long term.
As a global aviation hub with a highly mobile population that places it at heightened risk of exposure to Covid-19, Abu Dhabi has taken innovative measures to limit the impact of the pandemic on public health and the wider economy.
Ghana has recorded a total of 214 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and five deaths, out of a global count of 1.34m infections and 74,600 fatalities.
With cumulative global deaths from Covid-19 exceeding 22,000 from over 480,000 cases as of March 26, Indonesia – the world’s fourth-most populous country and the largest economy in South-east Asia – reported a cumulative total of 893 cases and 78 deaths.
As the world’s nations and businesses become increasingly interconnected, so too does the flow of global migration. According to the OECD’s “International Migration Outlook 2018”, in 2017 some 258m people resided in a country other than the one they were born in, and over 5m foreign-born persons were permanently settled in OECD countries. This...
With demand for health care on the rise across the developing world and many governments struggling to keep pace with the changing needs of their populations, a new generation of health tech start-ups is entering the market. Harnessing the possibilities brought about by the digital revolution – notably the expansion of mobile phone penetration...
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