IMFBlog2021-05-14T13:01:37-04:00May 12, 2021|
By Abebe Aemro Selassie and Andrew Tiffin
中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Imagine you’re a policymaker in sub-Saharan Africa. You’ve been charged with lifting your country out of the worst health crisis in living memory, and nobody around you knows when it will end—the second wave that gripped the region earlier in the year has eased, but many countries are nonetheless bracing for further waves as winter approaches. […]
IMFBlog2021-06-03T11:36:51-04:00April 29, 2021|
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. […]
IMFBlog2021-02-16T11:56:56-05:00February 8, 2021|
By Alejandro Werner, Anna Ivanova, and Takuji Komatsuzaki
Latin America and Caribbean economies managed to bounce back from COVID-19’s initial economic devastation earlier in 2020. […]
IMFBlog2020-09-03T13:21:38-04:00August 27, 2020|
By Daniel Gurara, Stefania Fabrizio, and Johannes Wiegand
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
While the COVID-19 crisis is sending shockwaves around the globe, low-income developing countries (LIDCs) are in a particularly difficult position to respond. […]
IMFBlog2020-07-29T10:12:00-04:00July 21, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim, and Marina M. Tavares
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress. […]
IMFBlog2019-07-15T07:24:56-04:00July 15, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-05-15T13:42:48-04:00May 15, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-01-16T15:42:22-05:00January 15, 2019|
By David Amaglobeli, Era Dabla-Norris, and Vitor Gaspar
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
How much you need to save for retirement depends on your country’s pension system. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:48:43-04:00December 18, 2018|
December 18, 2018
A woman sells street food at a market stall in Mexico City, Mexico: the country’s spike in crime is hurting small businesses’ profitability (photo: Jonah_Photos/iStock)
The human and economic costs of crime in Mexico have risen to historic highs. 2017 was Mexico’s most violent year on record with over 25,000 homicides—a 50 percent jump since 2015. […]
