Global economic outlook, 2019-20: Synchronised global slowdown

The World Economic Outlook report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 15, 2019 cut its forecast for global growth rate this year to its lowest level since the 2007-08 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The IMF predicted that the global economy would grow by 3.0 per cent this...

Is the Non-Aligned Movement still relevant?

By the time of publication, representatives, senior officials, and Heads of State and Government of 120 countries from around the world will have converged on Baku in Azerbaijan for the XVIIIth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).To many, it may seem that the continued existence of the NAM, almost three...