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By The Numbers
Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
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Three of the top five Fortune 500 companies in 2019 were Chinese state-owned enterprises: Sinopec Group, China National Petroleum, and State Grid. For these companies, market forces are secondary to political goals—leaving foreign firms on a playing field tilted against them.
SOURCE: "Toward a New Global Trade Framework" by the CSIS Trade Commission on Affirming American Leadership.
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** 0.1%
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Facial recognition technology has improved rapidly over the past several years, and as of December 2020 had an error rate of just 0.1 percent. However, in real-world deployments, accuracy rates can be much lower—raising questions as to if the technology is appropriate for law enforcement use.
SOURCE: "Questions about Facial Recognition" by CSIS's James A. Lewis and William Crumpler.
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** 75%
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In 2020, online commerce in Africa grew 75 percent faster than the global average. This acceleration attracts strategic buyers, and e-commerce mergers could be a 2021 theme for Africa's increasingly interconnected consumers.
SOURCE: "African Venture and Startup Predictions for 2021" by CSIS's Eliot Pence.
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** 7%
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India contributes just 7 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions, but as the country’s population continues to swell and its economy develops, global climate progress will depend ever more on its ability to chart a low-carbon future.
SOURCE: "Biden's Opportunity to Engage India on Renewable Energy Deployment" by CSIS's Lachlan Carey.
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