Kiva Allgood On Geopolitics, Manufacturing Shifts And Global Supply Chains

At BT Davos 2026, Siddharth Zarabi, Group Editor, Business Today, is in an exclusive conversation with Kiva Allgood, Managing Director, World Economic Forum, a global expert on manufacturing, supply chains, and urban transformation. The discussion explores how geopolitics is reshaping global manufacturing and supply chains—from the shift away from just-in-time models to the rise of just-in-case strategies. It examines the cost of duplicating supply chains for political safety, the challenge of replacing China’s manufacturing scale, and whether India can emerge as a true global supply-chain hub. The conversation also looks at policy choices, urban stress from manufacturing relocation, and the future of mass job creation in an era of automation. 

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