IMFBlog2020-11-02T10:00:06-05:00November 2, 2020|
By Oya Celasun, Lone Christiansen, and Margaux MacDonald
The pandemic-induced economic crisis is set to leave deep scars. Human capital erosion from prolonged high unemployment and school closures, value destruction from bankruptcies, and constraints on future fiscal policy from elevated public debt top the list. […]
IMFBlog2020-02-07T08:41:27-05:00February 7, 2020|
By IMFBlog
South Africa suffers among the highest levels of inequality in the world. As our Chart of the Week shows, the country’s wealth is concentrated in the upper levels of society. The top 20 percent of the population holds over 68 percent of income, while the poorest 40 percent possess only 7 percent of income. […]
IMFBlog2019-10-18T09:15:20-04:00October 9, 2019|
By John Bluedorn, Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, and Yannick Timmer
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Differences in economic performance between regions within countries can be large and sometimes even larger than between countries. […]
IMFBlog2019-09-19T10:22:13-04:00September 3, 2019|
This issue of Finance & Development reminds me of a Sufi parable. A woman sees a mystic searching for something outside his door. […]
IMFBlog2019-06-13T09:37:52-04:00June 13, 2019|
Burcu Hacibedel and Priscilla Muthoora
Rising economic growth has reduced inequality in low-income and emerging market countries over the years. […]
IMFBlog2019-05-30T16:36:18-04:00May 30, 2019|
By Gita Bhatt
If Lord Keynes, who helped usher in the post–World War II economic order at the Bretton Woods conference, visited the IMF today, he would be astonished at the institution’s evolution. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-12T12:58:46-04:00April 10, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-03-28T09:39:20-04:00March 28, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-04-01T15:15:07-04:00March 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. […]
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. […]
