IMFBlog2020-07-29T14:36:38-04:00July 28, 2020|
By Vitor Gaspar, Martin Mühleisen, and Rhoda Weeks-Brown
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Corruption, the abuse of public office for private gain, is about more than wasted money: it erodes the social contract and corrodes the government’s ability to help grow the economy in a way that benefits all citizens. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-23T10:09:16-04:00July 23, 2020|
There has been much discussion in recent months about how workers who transitioned to working from home—and those who were deemed “essential”—are less affected by the layoffs and job losses brought on by lockdowns than are workers in “social” jobs that require closer human interaction, like restaurant workers. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-29T10:12:00-04:00July 21, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim, and Marina M. Tavares
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The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-21T09:46:51-04:00July 20, 2020|
By Gustavo Adler, Gita Gopinath and Carolina Osorio Buitron
Faced with an unprecedented shock of collapsing global demand and commodity prices, capital outflows, major supply chain disruptions and a generalized drop in global trade, many emerging markets and developing economies’ (EMDEs) currencies have weakened sharply. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-16T12:39:20-04:00July 15, 2020|
IMFBlog2020-07-13T11:06:34-04:00July 13, 2020|
By Tobias Adrian and Gita Gopinath
While capital mobility provides many benefits, capital flows to emerging market and developing economies are often volatile and depend critically on global financial conditions. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-06-29T09:00:11-04:00June 29, 2020|
COVID-19 and the Great Lockdown triggered a mass migration from analog to digital and highlighted that access to the Internet is crucial for socioeconomic inclusion. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-06-30T14:40:54-04:00June 25, 2020|
By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci
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Amid the human tragedy and economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent surge in risk appetite in financial markets has caught analysts’ attention. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-06-25T09:17:07-04:00June 24, 2020|
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed economies into a Great Lockdown, which helped contain the virus and save lives, but also triggered the worst recession since the Great Depression. Over 75 percent of countries are now reopening at the same time as the pandemic is intensifying in many emerging market and developing economies. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-06-17T10:05:50-04:00June 16, 2020|
