AnalysisTechnology & Society
AI procurement in the public sector: three findings from our survey
A 14-jurisdiction survey of public procurement officers finds risk-assessment capacity lagging behind appetite for AI tools.
Fatima Al-Sarraj
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CommentaryDemocracy, Rights & Society
The shrinking-civic-space narrative has a measurement problem
Reports of shrinking civic space have become routine in international commentary. A look at how the underlying indicators are constructed complicates the headline claim.
Camila Rojas Peralta5 min read
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AnalysisGlobal GovernanceState capacity metrics: what the standard indices miss
A comparison of three widely cited governance indices finds more disagreement between them than most users assume.
Priya Raghunathan
CommentaryEconomics & DevelopmentReshoring supply chains: an evidence check
Investment and trade data show a modest, uneven reshoring trend — well short of the scale suggested by corporate announcements.
Diego Salgado Fuentes
InterviewMarkets & IndustryWhy mid-market manufacturers are losing pricing power
Mid-sized manufacturers are absorbing more input-cost inflation than larger competitors. We asked our researchers why.
Wei-Lin Chao
CommentaryHealth Systems & Public HealthThe financing gap behind universal health coverage pledges
A review of 22 national UHC plans finds financing commitments falling well short of stated coverage targets.
Grace Achieng Otieno
AnalysisClimate, Environment & ResourcesCarbon market integrity after Article 6: an early scorecard
An early scorecard of Article 6 carbon-trading agreements finds safeguards unevenly specified and inconsistently reported.
Mikhail Turov
ExplainerSecurity & Strategic AffairsCritical minerals competition, explained
A short explainer on where processing concentration, not just extraction, drives critical-minerals supply risk.
Sana Bashir Khattak
Q&AEducation & Human CapitalWhy graduate labour markets still show a skills mismatch
Employer surveys blame graduate skills; outcome data point elsewhere. We asked our researchers why the two datasets disagree.
Kwame Asante-Boateng
AnalysisEconomics & DevelopmentCentral bank communication and the anchoring of inflation expectations
A comparative study finds central-bank forward guidance moves market expectations more reliably than household expectations.
Ingrid Solberg Halvorsen
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