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Africa Risk-Reward Index 2019: Reforms and Resistance
With ambitious reform agendas, unfilled demand for goods and services, infrastructure gaps and one of the world’s fastest growing populations, Africa presents an abundance of opportunity and possibility for business. Download the fourth Africa Risk-Reward Index for a comparative snapshot of some of the continent’s largest and emerging markets.
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Real world threats in the digital age
Dispersed threat actors, uncertain intentions, fluid motives and unknown capabilities: threat monitoring in the digital age is a huge challenge for business. Find out how best to approach these threats.
NGO scrutiny of forced labour in supply chains to increase amid unprecedented legal challenge
NGO the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) and human rights lawyers the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) have launched legal action against the UK government for applying preferential tariffs to imported Uzbekistani cotton.
Hong Kong: where do we go from here?
As social unrest in Hong Kong enters the sixth month, confrontations between protesters and the police continue to lead to extensive disruption and other operational challenges for businesses.
CORE political violence and violent organised crime report Q3 2019
The third quarter report on political violence and violent organised crime incidents around the world. Download the Q3 2019 report.
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Another side to the Venezuela crisis: the impact on kidnap-for-ransom in Latin America
Since Nicolas Maduro began his controversial second presidential term in January 2019 a political, economic and humanitarian crisis has engulfed Venezuela. Nearly a year on, the business climate continues to deteriorate.
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What a Corbyn government would mean for business
With Brexit still unresolved, and a general election on 12 December, businesses’ operating in the UK are facing an uncertain time. Although the incumbent centre-right Conservative Party has a commanding lead in opinion polls, a Labour-led coalition government is a credible post-election scenario.
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Real world threats in the digital age
The online environment poses a significant threat monitoring challenge for companies when building their security intelligence programmes. How should companies monitor their digital threats?
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Insecurity in Sahel set to worsen in coming years
A series of setbacks for counter-terrorism operations by the G5 Sahel states – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – has exacerbated spiralling insecurity in the Sahel since early 2019.
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Adopting a resilient approach for recall management
Companies should take a holistic approach to product recall management, that focuses on managing the risk before, during and after a recall event.
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