South Africa remains heavily dependent on coal for electricity, with over 74% of its energy still sourced from fossil fuels.

Only on the internet is 25% of people considered “nobody.” A poll from the Cato Institute recently set social media abuzz.

In panel discussions, roundtables, and closed-door meetings, analysts exalted the virtues of the United States as an ...

Several UK pension providers have backed the launch of the Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE) Investor Taskforce, an industry-led initiative designed to help unlock private investment to ...

And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...

The two top candidates don't agree on much but both support more defense spending to challenge what they see as Russia's ever ...

The global economy is at a precarious juncture, marked by heightened trade tensions and elevated policy uncertainty, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2025.  The recent ...

In technical terms, a recession is a period of economic decline in which the GDP of a country experiences at least two quarters of negative growth. While not all recessions are created equal, they ...

The British economy grew at its fastest rate in a year during the first quarter of 2025, in a welcome boost to the Labour government, which has made lifting the country’s growth its number one priorit ...

Even in years where it is impossible to fake a 5 percent growth rate, China’s claims remain absurd. In the COVID year of 2020 ...

Who are the people that make up the world's economic elite—and do they differ between countries? In a new, unique database, ...

with an annual growth rate of 2.6%. Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world despite making significant economic and structural reforms to sustain economic growth. The economy is ...