Shortages: How to fix supply chains?

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By: Bruno Faure Follow

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Panic supply chains, messed up shortages, lengthened delivery times, struggling freight sector.

And the Omicron variant as the icing on the cake before the holiday season traditionally synonymous with mass shopping and well-stocked tables.

Where does the problem come from ?

Where are the solutions?

Should we relocate at all costs?  

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Our guests :  

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Isabelle Méjean

, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris, specialist in international trade, member of the Economic Analysis Council, winner in 2020 of the prize for the best young economist in France awarded by the newspaper 

Le Monde

 and the Cercle des Économistes 

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Malick Sané

, lecturer and teacher-researcher at the University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in Dakar, director of the Center for Research and Training for Economic and Social Development, director of the Center's Trade Policy Laboratory (LAPOCOM) of applied economic research (CREA)

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Stéphane Lagarde

, RFI correspondent in Beijing (China). 

Our current affairs file

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The ax has fallen for Evergrande, former Chinese real estate champion in default, unable to repay its debt maturities.

What will the Chinese state, which had started to take over the reins of the company, do?

What consequences for the Chinese economy and for the rest of the world?

Spotlight by Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist of Bank Natixis for the Asia Pacific zone, online from Hong Kong. 

ALICIA GARCIA HERRERO EVERGRANDE ANALYSIS

Our interview

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With Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

At the microphone of Alexis Bédu, he unveils his strategy for the economic recovery of Africa, the special drawing rights of the IMF, the reduction of inequalities, the energy transition, the development of the cocoa sector in Africa. 

INTERVIEW WITH AKINWUMI ADESINA

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