UN : Global FDI rebounds strongly in 2021, but recovery remains uneven (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows reached an estimated $1.65 trillion in 2021, an increase of 77% from the $929 billion recorded in 2020, surpassing their pre-COVID-19 level, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said.

Finance : More progressive taxation needed for social progress (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
Governments must innovatively develop progressive means to finance the large-scale social spending needed to improve lives and livelihoods, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Somalia : On the path to recovery, but real challenges remain (PRIV)
(IPS, Mogadishu)
I arrived in Somalia in September 2019, two decades after having worked here previously.