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why these five big issues could cause significant problems in 2024

  • Written by: Jose Caballero, Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

The tensions between the US and China made the global economy shudder in 2023. The ramifications of the Ukrainian war echoed beyond the country’s border. In Africa, the coup d’état in Niger and Gabon contributed to the global democratic retreat of recent years and the Hamas/Israel conflict has so far resulted in thousands of deat...

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