Kimberley Botwright is Deputy Head of the Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitical at the World Economic Forum. Previously, she has worked at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD,) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Kimberley holds an M.A. in European Economics and Policy from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and a B.A. from the University of Oxford. She is fluent in English and French, and is a citizen of the UK and Switzerland.
Electronic products are a vital part of our daily lives. Particularly during the pandemic, we have needed the connectivity they bring more than ever before. However, our old electronics p...
Action on plastic pollution has been slowed considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic – but there’s a new emerging angle that could help rebuild momentum for the transition to a greener a...
COVID-19 lockdown measures hit aspects of trade hard. Merchandise trade volumes shrank by 3% in the first quarter of 2020, compared to the previous year average and estimates suggest an 1...
Governments are battling to figure out the right trade response to the COVID-19 pandemic amid escalating economic turmoil. Initial responses show the difficulties and the risk of getting ...
The European Commission rolled out a European strategy for data last week. While the strategy document consists of proposed measures not definitive rules, it has prompted questions on how...
Between emails, messages, sensors, machines, platforms, purchase transactions and so on, we are generating data at a furious pace. In 2018, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data was created every...
E-commerce in Africa is well under way. Estimates suggest about 264 e-commerce start-ups are operational across the continent, active in at least 23 countries. There’s significant potenti...
消費者とサプライヤーの間の信頼は、オフラインに比べ、オンラインで大きな問題に発展しがちです。オンラインでは、物理的なやりとりや、消費者が小売業者またはサプライヤーの職業的スキルを試す機会に触れる限界があります。24ヵ国のインターネットユーザー2万4,000人を対象としたある調査では、オンラインで買い物をしないと回答した人が22％に上り、うち49％が信頼できないことをその理...
Trust between consumers and suppliers is often a bigger issue online than it is offline.
“Digitalisation is transforming the global economy, but it is still hard, and in some cases getting harder, to do business abroad. More is required to facilitate trade for all players. Pa...
The United States is planning to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) - a United Nations agency dedicated to global cooperation on post. The White House has taken issue with the...
‘Tis the season to shop online. Rather than braving the high street, why not open your browser? E-commerce sales worldwide hit an estimated $25.3 trillion in 2015 and are likely to have g...
A global trade deal went live on February 22 that will help to smooth customs procedures and cut red tape at the border. Against a backdrop of anti-globalization sentiment, shuttered regi...
Los flujos comerciales continúan con un ritmo lento, y se espera que se publiquen sus peores entradas anuales desde la crisis financiera. En este contexto, las cuestiones relacionadas con...
It’s been an eventful 12 months for global trade. The UK voted for Brexit, the US elected Donald Trump, and anti-globalization sentiment surged across many regions.
