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Since emerging broken from communism, Poland has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse – with a GDP per capita set to overtake Britain’s in the next decade or so. But can its success continue indefinitely?

‘THE STORY AHEAD’ AND THE HUMAN TOUCH

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Shizuoka Bank is strengthening regional economies while expanding abroad, blending local trust with global ambition to support innovation, sustainability, and growth across Japan and Asia.

From Hokuriku Region and Japan’s northern heartlands, Hokuhoku Financial Group, with Hokuriku Bank and Hokkaido Bank at its core, is driving regional renewal by uniting finance, technology, and community to spark sustainable growth across borders and generations.

Matthew Partridge: It has now been nearly 25 years since you coined the term Brics for Brazil, Russia, India and China, and the four nations have embarked on very different trajectories. Which one do