Global Outlook for Growth and Sustainability - Promising, but with Some Peril

The news flow is dominated by mostly negative headlines, increasingly unpredictable policymaking, fractious geopolitics and volatile markets all of which pose serious risks to growth and sustainability and broader development goals.

But beneath this noise, there are several longer term secular trends, that look far more promising so the medium to longer term outlook for the global economy, geopolitics and sustainability is far more promising.