IMFBlog2019-05-21T09:18:30-05:00May 21, 2019|
By Romain Duval and Prakash Loungani
Emerging market economies have enjoyed good growth in recent decades but are still far from closing gaps in living standards with advanced economies. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-05-15T13:42:48-05:00May 15, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-04-12T12:58:46-05:00April 10, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-04-04T09:20:55-05:00April 3, 2019|
By Johannes Eugster, Florence Jaumotte, Margaux MacDonald, and Roberto Piazza
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
New IMF research finds that macroeconomic factors, not tariffs, explain most of the changes in trade balances between two countries. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-28T09:39:20-05:00March 28, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-04-01T15:15:07-05:00March 26, 2019|
By IMFBlog
Young people face tough labor markets and job shortages in countries all over the world. For example, about 20 percent of 15- to 24-year-olds in the average emerging market and developing economy are neither in work nor in school—this group includes countries such as Brazil, Ghana, and Malaysia, among others. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-12T14:03:13-05:00March 8, 2019|
March 8 marks International Women’s Day, which provides a chance to reflect on the struggle for greater gender equality. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-06T16:04:18-05:00March 6, 2019|
Every day, women around the world experience less opportunity than men in education and employment, and less political representation. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-14T09:22:10-05:00February 28, 2019|
If you are born a girl, you may have to fight for your rights. And without rights, you will not only face discrimination, but also likely have a hard time getting the healthcare and education you will need to be a productive worker and thus have a hard time getting a good paying job. Without productive women in good jobs, the loss of potential output is large. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-01-23T15:29:21-05:00January 22, 2019|
By Christine Lagarde and John Bluedorn
عربي, 中文, Español,Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
“To define is to limit,” Oscar Wilde once said. But sometimes economists need to use definitions to see the scope of a problem and find ways to lift the limits to success. (more…)
