IMFBlog2021-06-04T11:56:10-04:00June 2, 2021|
By Gita Bhatt
We focus this issue of Finance & Development on the road ahead for emerging markets, a label frequently applied to economies in the middle—neither advanced nor low-income. Because of their growing systemic relevance, this group of countries helps anchor global stability. […]
IMFBlog2021-06-03T11:36:51-04:00April 29, 2021|
IMFBlog2021-05-07T09:08:15-04:00April 19, 2021|
By Tahsin Saadi Sedik and Jiae Yoo
From car manufacture to self-service checkouts, we all see how automation can transform the world of work—with lower costs and higher productivity on one hand, and more precarious employment for people on the other. […]
IMFBlog2021-04-16T13:35:53-04:00April 15, 2021|
By Alejandro Werner, Takuji Komatsuzaki, and Carlo Pizzinelli
Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean recovered briskly in the second half of 2020, yet still more slowly than the global economy and other emerging markets. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00April 1, 2021|
By David Amaglobeli, Vitor Gaspar, and Paolo Mauro
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vicious circle of inequality. To break this pattern and give everyone a fair shot at prosperity, governments need to improve access to basic public services—such as health care (including vaccination) and education—and strengthen redistributive policies. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 17, 2021|
By Chang Yong Rhee and Katsiaryna Svirydzenka
The Sydney Opera resumed live performances and the city of Melbourne recently hosted the Australian Open tennis tournament with fans (mostly) in attendance. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:15-04:00February 24, 2021|
IMFBlog2021-02-03T17:48:02-05:00February 3, 2021|
IMFBlog2020-12-21T10:00:24-05:00December 21, 2020|
2020 will soon be over, and with it an incredibly trying year. The editors at IMFBlog wish you good health and peace over the holidays ahead, and into the new year.
In case you missed some of the compelling facts and figures in our Charts of the Week series this year, we have pulled together your top reads.
Here are the top ten charts of the week for 2020, based on your readership.
1. Global Uncertainty Related to Coronavirus at Record High
IMFBlog2020-12-01T12:23:40-05:00December 1, 2020|
By Gita Bhatt
There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. This saying could not be more apt today. The pandemic—which has disrupted the world in profound ways—has prompted countries to roll out significant policy changes that might otherwise have taken years. It has also sped the arrival of technologies and new ways of working and learning, moving us almost overnight into a new era. […]
