Michele Ruta is Lead Economist in the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group, where he works as an economic advisor to the Senior Director and manages a number of projects, including those related to G20 activities.
Digital trade, from software sales to streaming movies, plays a bigger role than ever in the global economy. Its meteoric growth has renewed interest on the implications that this form of...
The war in Ukraine is causing worldwide disruptions to trade and investment, affecting auto makers in Europe, hoteliers in Georgia and the Maldives, as well as impacting consumers of food...
COVID-19 has disrupted global value chains (GVCs). Some observers expect firms to respond by abandoning their pursuit of lower production costs in favour of building stronger resilience i...
Europe and North America are entangled in discussions to reverse or renegotiate existing trade agreements (Brexit, NAFTA), but other regions of the world are moving in the opposite direct...
World trade grew at about 3% per annum in 2012-2015, which is much less than the pre-Crisis average of 7% for 1987-2007 and less than the growth of GDP. Previous work has shown that world...
