Chart of the Week Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge
The pandemic has deepened long-standing gender gaps, with women continuing to bear the burden of unpaid work.
How Empowering Women Supports Economic Growth
International Women’s Day, first recognized by the United Nations in 1977, grew from early 1900s labor movements for better working conditions and women’s right to work.
Why Jobs are Plentiful While Workers are Scarce
In the US and UK, the recent labor market puzzle can be partly explained by mismatch, the pandemic’s effect on women (in the US) and older workers leaving the work force.
IMF Podcasts: The Year in Review
The past year has brought us new challenges even as the old ones persist. If anything, the ongoing pandemic has taught us to think differently about tackling the challenges and questions we currently face when it comes to big issues like climate change, gender equality, inflation and economic measurement.
Food Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Inflation is rising around the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, one item is driving the trend more than others: food prices. Food accounts for roughly 40 percent of the region’s consumption basket—a measure of goods and services used to measure consumer price index (CPI) inflation.
How Domestic Violence is a Threat to Economic Development
Stopping violence against women is not only a moral imperative, new evidence shows that it can help the economy.
CHART OF THE WEEKThe Unequal COVID Saving and Wealth Surge
By Cian Allen and Cyril Rebillard
Household saving increased sharply during the COVID-19 crisis in many countries. […]
Chart of the WeekHow To Escape The Perils of Fragility
By Olusegun Akanbi, Kenji Moriyama, Keyra Primus
Already facing huge development needs, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the challenges facing fragile and conflict states—a group of currently about 40 countries trapped in cycles of low administrative capacity, political instability, conflict, and weak economic performance. […]
Chart of the WeekCould Renewed Social Unrest Hinder the Recovery?
By Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Samuel Pienknagura, and Luca Ricci
Protests driven by the pandemic’s economic fallout are on the rise, with potentially long-lasting economic consequences.
Protests can be catalysts for political reform and social change. But what impact do they have on the economy? […]
COVID-19: The Moms’ Emergency
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, and Marina M. Tavares
عربي , 中文 , Español, Français , 日本語 , Português , Русский
A year ago, the world changed. While the pandemic’s effect on workers has varied worldwide, the new reality has left many mothers scrambling. With schools and daycares closed, many were forced to leave their jobs or cut the hours they worked. […]