... rd by the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought much global travel to a halt. But in 2021, when restrictions were loosened, a powerful tourism rebound fueled robust economic recovery in the Maldives, with ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-21
... tered the Covid-19 epidemic before sparking any discussion in society, which is frustrating. I suggest that the Government should not sit back and watch, but should proactively review the results and ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-21
... ve of the COVID-19 pandemic, as judged by countries receiving an unfavorable grade of B3 or lower from the credit-rating agency Moody’s. Then, when the pandemic erupted, the number of distressed count ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-20
... bution of COVID-19 vaccines, central banks’ mischaracterization of inflation as “transitory,” and the consequences of the banks’ aggressive interest-rate hikes. The multilateral system has been furthe ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-19
... rs of the Covid-19 epidemic, accompanied by an increasingly hostile relationship with the United States, which criticized China on its handling of the epidemic and for its actions in Xinjiang, Tibet a ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
... 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic led to clogged ports, order backlogs, input bottlenecks, labor shortages, and other supply issues. But according to the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, produced by the ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-21
... ed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a livelihood that requires one resource above all: access to busy, pedestrian-friendly, well-connected, and affordable public space. But government authorities focus ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-17
... shock of Covid-19 in 2020), it took anywhere from 9 to 18 months after the Fed’s last rate hike to finally tip the economy into a recession. Currently, we are about three months past the Fed’s most r ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-10
... ifting of COVID-19 prevention measures, as well as droughts which caused the production of hydropower to fall by 23% year-on-year. Although China’s post-COVID recovery has recently stalled amid weaken ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-10
... p its own COVID-19 vaccines. Though it is the world’s third-largest economy, it boasts very few “unicorns” (tech start-ups valued at $1 billion or more) compared to the United States, Europe, or China ...More
EJ Insight2023-10-26
... ) and the COVID-19 pandemic. The result is a roundabout process whereby central banks lend to commercial banks, which lend to private Western firms, which then lend to foreign governments or infrastru ...More
EJ Insight2023-10-26
... uring the COVID-19 pandemic and following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Backed by powerful commodity-exporting countries, neoliberal policies have promoted industrial production of export crops at the ...More
EJ Insight2023-10-18
... , and the COVID-19 pandemic soon exacerbated both. By 2022, an estimated 125 million Brazilians – more than half of the population – faced some degree of food insecurity, with 33 million living in hun ...More
EJ Insight2023-10-16
Humanity was caught off guard by the COVID-19 pandemic, even though we had effectively been warned by smaller-scale outbreaks – of SARS, Ebola, MERS, and avian flu – for decades. US President Barack ...More
EJ Insight2023-10-04
