The Economic Cost of Devaluing “Women’s Work”
Kristalina Georgieva, Cristian Alonso, Era Dabla, and Kalpana Kochhar
As much as half of the world’s work is unpaid. And most of it is done by women. (more…)
Global Banks May Grow More Vulnerable to a Dollar Disruption
By Claudio Raddatz and Adolfo Barajas
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When a Mexican airline buys Brazilian airplanes, it’s likely to finance the purchase with a US dollar loan obtained from a non-US bank. (more…)
Connecting the Dots Between Sustainable Finance and Financial Stability
Evan Papageorgiou, Jochen Schmittmann, and Felix Suntheim
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Unsafe working conditions. Use of child or forced labor. Environmental impact on protected areas. (more…)
Widening Gaps: Regional Inequality within Advanced Economies
By John Bluedorn, Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, and Yannick Timmer
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Differences in economic performance between regions within countries can be large and sometimes even larger than between countries. (more…)
How To Reignite Growth in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
By Romain Duval and Davide Furceri
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Emerging markets and developing economies have enjoyed good growth over the past two decades. (more…)
To Tackle Housing Affordability in Canada, Build More Houses
By Michal Andrle, Cheng Hoon Lim and Troy Matheson
Policymakers across the world worry about affordable housing. (more…)
Chart of the WeekWhen the Night Lights Go On in Asia
By Jiaxiong Yao
It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The value of a picture taken from space is a new metric we can use to measure economic growth and activity. (more…)
A Capital Market Union for Europe: Why It’s Needed and How to Get There
By Ashok Vir Bhatia, Srobona Mitra, and Anke Weber
When savers and firms invest and borrow beyond their national borders, they enjoy opportunities to diversify their portfolios and lower their funding costs, respectively. (more…)
New Index Tracks Trade Uncertainty Across the Globe
By Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri
Rising trade uncertainty is cited as a driving factor for “sluggish global growth” in the current issue of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, which describes the state of the world economy. (more…)