IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00March 31, 2021|
By Sonali Das and Philippe Wingender
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Recessions wreak havoc and the damage is often long-lived. Businesses shut down, investment spending is cut, and people out of work can lose skills and motivation as the months stretch on. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 15, 2021|
By Kristalina Georgieva, Federico J. Díez, Romain Duval, and Daniel Schwarz
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The crisis has hit small and medium enterprises especially hard, causing massive job losses and other economic scars. Among these—less noticeable, but also serious—is rising market power among dominant firms as they emerge even stronger while smaller rivals fall away. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:15-04:00March 1, 2021|
By Gita Bhatt
Accelerated by the pandemic, the digital future is coming at us faster than ever before, and maybe faster than we can imagine. In this issue of Finance & Development magazine, we explore the possible consequences—the good, the bad, and the gray. […]
IMFBlog2019-09-23T12:31:18-04:00September 23, 2019|
By Yan Carrière-Swallow and Vikram Haksar
Look around the global economy and you’ll see an American company developing the next generation of driverless cars, a Chinese financier extending loans to “mom-and-pop” stores that used to lack access to credit, and researchers at a Swiss pharmaceutical company developing a treatment for a chronic health condition. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-04T09:18:42-04:00April 3, 2019|
By Federico Díez and Romain Duval
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
People are becoming concerned that the rising power of big successful companies may be behind some of the recent sluggish economic growth and rising income inequality. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-03T13:31:10-04:00April 3, 2019|
By Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, and Petia Topalova
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
It might be hard to imagine a time when a 512 kilobyte computer cost more than $28,000. That was in 1984. Today, you can buy a much more powerful computer for under $300. […]
IMFBlog2019-02-14T11:59:32-05:00February 14, 2019|
If you are reading this blog—drawn by current buzz around financial technology and the “fintech” reference in the title, and its promise to democratize financial services—then it is probably a safe bet to assume that you have heard of M-Pesa. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T13:58:38-04:00September 26, 2018|
By Vitor Gaspar and Chang Yong Rhee
September 26, 2018
عربي, 中文, Español, 日本語, Português, Русский,
A driver from the Malaysian ride-hailing tech startup, Grab, picks up a passenger in Jakarta, Indonesia: digitalization is transforming Asia’s businesses and governments (photo: Afif C. Kasuma/iStock by Getty Images)
Asia’s digital revolution shows no signs of slowing down. From e-commerce giants like China’s Alibaba […]
