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Of late, Nepal has unlocked immense growth opportunities for market participants in the information technology (IT) space. One of these is the use of advanced technologies for the development and growth of the online food business and e-delivery in the country. This can actively support the national economy by boosting growth in the agricultural se...

As countries are making a conscious shift towards cashless societies, mobile payments are expected to be an alternate digital payments solution for consumers. Majority of the population already has access to internet and mobile phones, therefore mobile payments have the potential to reach people with diverse backgrounds, such as the older generatio...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be defined as machines running cognitive processes that are designed based on human intelligence. AI is one of the foundations for the growing digitization of industries or Industry 4.0 around the world. The application of AI leads to productivity and economic growth, as these technologies are capable of analyzing l...

The outlook for the Central America and Caribbean economies is expected to stay bleak in 2020, registering technical recession in Q2–Q3 of 2020 and a full year recession for 2021. Local and global containment measures, along with the economies’ large dependence on tourism and remittances particularly coming from the United States, have led to a...

India is, no doubt, reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, as is the rest of the world. Beyond the growth slowdown in 2020, India’s long-term macroeconomic prospects still remain bright. This research examines India’s long-term macroeconomic outlook and sheds light on growth opportunities that Indian and global businesses could tap i...

The global economy is facing what is likely to be the worst economic disruption since World War II. As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spreads globally, the concurrent economic fallout of this health crisis is expected to be grave. Frost & Sullivan has analyzed the scale of impact on global GDP growth and other macroeconomic elements through scenario...

Economies in Asia-Pacific are likely to experience sluggish growth in 2020 on account of the unexpected ramifications of the COVID-19 outbreak. Regional growth is likely to remain stunted in H1 2020 due to the outbreak, but expected to pick up in H2 2020 as the lockdowns and travel bans are expected to be lifted. Key economies like Australia and ...

The macroeconomic outlook for South Asia is expected to be relatively strong in 2019 on account of infrastructural development and investments. Nevertheless, the outlook doesn’t look great in terms of even higher growth as a result of a trade war between two economic giants, the United States and China, affecting the region. The growth pattern is...

This paper examines how various individuals will spend their free time in the year 2030. This is a particularly relevant area of inquiry at a time when many questions have been raised on the impact on free time from evolving technology such artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). This paper provides a definition of f...