Chart of the WeekHow e-Government Services Can Pay Dividends
By Ali Al-Sadiq
The ability to renew your passport or driver’s license, pay a tax bill, or access government data with the click of a button or swipe of a screen, anytime […]
Latin America and Caribbean’s Winding Road to Recovery
By Alejandro Werner, Anna Ivanova, and Takuji Komatsuzaki
Latin America and Caribbean economies managed to bounce back from COVID-19’s initial economic devastation earlier in 2020. […]
Cooperation Critical to Reducing Divergent Paths to Recovery in Middle East and Central Asia
By Jihad Azour
The road to recovery for the Middle East and Central Asia region will hinge on containment measures, access to and distribution of […]
Chart of the WeekThe Pre-Pandemic Debt Landscape—and Why It Matters
By Xuehui Han, Paulo Medas, and Susan Yang
Many countries entered the pandemic with elevated debt levels. Our new update of the IMF’s Global Debt Database shows that global debt—public […]
Government Support Is Vital as Countries Race to Vaccinate
By Vitor Gaspar, Raphael Lam, Paolo Mauro, and Mehdi Raissi
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The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating in many […]
Financial Perils in Check for Now, Eyes Turn to Risk of Market Correction
By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci
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“The vaccines are here!”—the cry heard and welcomed the world over—has […]
What the Continued Global Uncertainty Means for You
By Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri
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Global uncertainty reached unprecedented levels at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and […]
Legally Speaking, is Digital Money Really Money?
By Catalina Margulis and Arthur Rossi
Countries are moving fast toward creating digital currencies. Or, so we hear from various surveys showing an increasing number of central banks making substantial […]