The easing and removal of pandemic restrictions in Asian-Pacific cities - many of which faced harsh lockdowns in pursuit of a zero-COVID strategy - meant big jumps in liveability scores.Įight of the top 10 climbs on the overall index were Asian cities, including Hong Kong, which moved up 13 places since last year, to rank the 61st most liveable in the world. “The removal of COVID-related restrictions has overall boded well for global liveability in 2023,” Upasana Dutt, Head of Liveability Index at EIU, said in a statement. Auckland, New Zealand Other big comebacks and slips Pfizer plant won’t see drug production delays: companyġ0. 1 v t e The Globalization and World Cities Research Network ( GaWC) is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization. Shown are 'Alpha ++' cities (marked in gold) and 'Alpha +' cities (marked in red).

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