Growth World News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

PARIS, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) of France increased by 0.2 percent

The next two decades will bring a more complex, multipolar and less Western world, one in which regional rather than global connectedness is growing. What does this mean for Africa? This blog from Jakkie Cilliers, the founder and former executive director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), explores this question.

The war in Ukraine and the related intensified competition between the United States (US) and China loom over every international relations discussion. How might the war end, and how will these scenarios affect Africa? Projections for the next 20 years by African Futures and Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies show that Africa’s economic growth is unlikely to deliver commensurate standard-of-living improvements. The prospects become even worse when the impact of the Ukraine conflict is considered.

Africa economic growth: Four global scenarios capturing all reasonable outcomes show why rapprochement between the West and China is vital. 

Four global scenarios capturing all reasonable outcomes show why rapprochement between the West and China is vital.