IMFBlog2021-05-13T10:23:21-04:00May 13, 2021|
By Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Ranjit Singh, and Felix Suntheim
Imagine you plan to invest your savings and are looking for a firm or sector with a sustainable business model or a project that can make a real difference in the transition to a low-carbon economy. […]
IMFBlog2021-02-18T14:07:57-05:00February 17, 2021|
By Serhan Cevik and João Tovar Jalles
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Climate change has made the world a riskier place.
The destruction wrought by heatwaves, droughts, hurricanes, and coastal flooding doesn’t stop with the toll on human lives and livelihoods—it can also have deep consequences for a country’s finances. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-05T10:30:23-04:00December 17, 2020|
By Arnoud Boot, Peter Hoffmann, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski
The financial industry is undergoing rapid technological change. Traditional banks face competition from online start-ups with no physical branches. Social media and other digital platforms are expanding into payments and credit. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 31, 2020|
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 20, 2020|
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In the October World Economic Outlook, we described the global economy as in a synchronized slowdown, with escalating downside risks that could further derail growth. Since then, some risks have partially receded with the announcement of a US-China Phase I trade deal and lower likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. […]
IMFBlog2019-12-05T08:46:07-05:00December 5, 2019|
By Christian Bogmans, Akito Matsumoto, and Andrea Pescatori
After good progress in the beginning of the decade, global carbon emissions have started to pick up again. […]
IMFBlog2019-11-27T09:58:43-05:00November 26, 2019|
By Gita Bhatt
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” The quip, attributed to 19th-century American humorist Mark Twain, might describe the current state of play on climate change. In Twain’s day, it was absurd to suppose humans could do anything about the weather. […]
IMFBlog2019-10-11T09:33:18-04:00October 10, 2019|
By Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Ian Parry, and Catherine Pattillo
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Global warming has become a clear and present threat. Actions and commitments to date have fallen short. […]
IMFBlog2019-06-28T12:35:30-04:00June 26, 2019|
By Seán Nolan and Krishna Srinivasan
Earlier this year, Cyclone Idai devastated Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe by leaving more than 1,000 people dead, thousands more missing, and damages in the billions. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T12:08:52-04:00April 27, 2018|
By Chris Lane and Elliott Harris
April 27, 2018
Versions in baˈhasa indoneˈsia(Indonesian), Español (Spanish), Français (French), Português (Portuguese)
A market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: some developing countries are falling behind when it comes to incomes (photo: Dumont Bildarchiv/Newscom).
In 2015, 193 countries adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an overarching policy roadmap through 2030. These goals are predicated on the idea that for a sustainable future, economic growth must […]
