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Global growth is projected at 4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated, and the recovery is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast.

The article argues that PPP is the optimal cooperation between the state and private sectors to solve social and economic problems.

Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) presents the survey on Business Conditions of Japanese Companies in Russia in 2017.