Water vulnerability: A problem without borders
Water access and security is a big global issue and forms a key part of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Investment Monitor assesses which countries have the highest water vulnerability.
SDGs
What is agritech? Driving the future of food
Agricultural technology – commonly abbreviated to agritech – aims to make the food production process as efficient as possible but does not stop at the growing of food.
SDG focus: How Covid-19 has set back poverty goals
Goal number one of the UN's SDGs is: no poverty by 2030. But is the Covid-19 pandemic making this target unachievable.
Singapore leads IMD 2020 World Competitiveness Ranking
Smaller economies such as Singapore, Denmark and Switzerland lead IMD’s World Competitiveness Ranking for 2020, while the US and China struggle as their trade war makes its impact felt.
Missing the goals
Covid-19 is threatening the progress of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but could the global effort to tackle the virus lead to a more collaborative approach towards reaching the SDGs?
Sustainable investing brings foreign investors to Brazil
Brazil’s sustainable investing landscape has been increasingly appearing on the radars of foreign investors in recent years.
Investors see ESG-compliant projects as safe havens
As investors exercise ever-greater caution amid the Covid-19 pandemic, investments that meet ESG criteria are rising in popularity due to their less risky nature.
Egypt’s international cooperation minister looks to make an opportunity out of a crisis
Dr Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, tells Investment Monitor how the pandemic has accelerated change in the country, especially in terms of gender policy.
