More low-income individuals aren't benefitting from government support than wealthier individuals. This difference seems most severe in China and India. Low-income individuals can't benefit from such schemes if they are financially excluded. Low-inco...

The debate over the lower-bound for the SELIC rate continues, and policymakers appear to be genuinely divided over that. Other policymakers are more focused on the potential disruptions additional rate cuts could cause. In particular, given that infl...

Lower income is most prevalent in Indonesia, while it is less of an issue for Brazilians and Mexicans. In terms of changes in behaviour, home-working is now much more prevalent in Indonesia, while in China relatively fewer respondents had made this s...

For manufacturing activities not easily replaced by automation or 3D printing, which countries win share from China? Low wages and scale matter most in this segment: We plot wage curve up to China in countries with over 40mn population. Labour flexib...

LATAM OFTEN DISPLAYS A DEGREE OF EXCEPTIONALISM COMPARED TO PEERS IN EM. Capital controls are also in place, which means fresh foreign capital can consider the ADR listings alone. However, without confidence that the creditor negotiations will resolv...

DOES CORRUPTION BOTHER YOU? Bangladesh: The use of anti-corruption as a means to persecute and weaken those politicians sitting in the opposition precedes the post-2009 era of the de facto one-party state under the Awami League (ie the Bangladesh Nat...