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Coming Together

IMFBlog2021-08-11T10:34:32-04:00August 10, 2021|

By Vitor Gaspar and Gita Gopinath

عربي, Español, Français, Português, Русский

Differences in vaccine access and the ability to deploy policy support are creating a growing […]

Women in Economics

IMFBlog2021-09-14T16:34:48-04:00August 6, 2021|

By IMFBlog

Women remain underrepresented in economics, yet many have made an outsized impact on the field. […]

Managing the Political Economy of Climate Change Policies

IMFBlog2021-08-05T10:16:07-04:00August 5, 2021|

By Davide Furceri, Michael Ganslmeier, and Jonathan D. Ostry

Few issues have sparked more attention than how to avoid environmental and human catastrophe from climate change. […]

Chart of the WeekHow To Escape The Perils of Fragility

IMFBlog2021-08-03T10:00:15-04:00August 3, 2021|

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 […]

How the Pandemic Widened Global Current Account Balances

IMFBlog2021-08-10T15:27:36-04:00August 2, 2021|

By Martin Kaufman and Daniel Leigh

عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский

2020 was a year of extremes. Travel all but ceased for […]

Making The Digital Money Revolution Work for All

IMFBlog2021-08-02T13:07:23-04:00July 29, 2021|

By Tobias Adrian and Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli

History moves in uneven steps. Just as the telegraph erased time and distance in the 19^th century, today’s innovations in digital money may bring significant […]