Can the West break China’s stranglehold on rare earth supply chains?
Rare earth elements are essential to the clean and technology revolutions taking place around the world, but China dominates their mining. Will the West intervene?
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Do softer Covid restrictions bring in higher levels of investment?
Most countries suffered a devastating decline in FDI in 2020 as Covid-19 struck, but to what extent did the severity of lockdown restrictions impact investment levels?
Will Africa’s road to prosperity be blocked by environmental concerns?
Africa's insufficient road and rail network is delaying the continent's development, but efforts to resolve the situation are being held back by worries about environmental damage.
Commodities are booming – but will it last?
Speculation abounds that the world is experiencing a commodities supercycle. Post-Covid infrastructure rebuilding and the push for carbon neutrality could be the determining factors.
Covid vaccine production mapped: The regions left behind
Global inequalities are on full display in Investment Monitor’s map of where Covid-19 vaccines are made, but why is production so non-existent in Africa and other developing regions?
One year on: Global supply chains will need to learn to live with volatility
The lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic brought chaos to global supply chains. Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng says that technology can make them more resilient to future shocks.
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US MNCs continue to set up shop in China despite rivalry
While they may not be each other’s preferred subsidiary destination, a larger share of US-based multinationals operate subsidiaries in China than Chinese MNCs have in the US.
Reading shrugs off city limits
Living in the shadow of London’s commuter belt, Reading’s tech-led economy is quietly withstanding the pandemic and the 'town' looks better set for the future than many UK cities.
SDG focus: How Covid has eaten into hunger goals
The battle to reach the UN's Sustainable Development Goal number two – achieving zero hunger by 2030 – was a struggle even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Can FDI help get things back on track in a post-pandemic world?
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Renewables investment proves resistant to Covid-19
Renewable energy investments may have slowed in 2020 but not as much as feared, and the pandemic is actually increasing investor appetite.
Will Covid-19 kill FDI?
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a quantum shift in the world of FDI, and it may take years or decades for things to return to 'normal', if they ever do.
Can the global tourism industry be saved?
Covid-19 has decimated the global tourism industry, with less developed countries baring the brunt.
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