IMFBlog2021-02-04T07:23:05-05:00February 4, 2021|
By Jihad Azour
The road to recovery for the Middle East and Central Asia region will hinge on containment measures, access to and distribution of vaccines, the scope of policies to support growth, and measures to mitigate economic scarring from the pandemic. […]
IMFBlog2020-12-14T15:04:53-05:00December 11, 2020|
By Tahsin Saadi Sedik and Rui Xu
In the months and years following previous pandemics, the countries most affected saw a rise in social unrest. […]
IMFBlog2020-10-19T11:44:24-04:00October 19, 2020|
By Jihad Azour and Joyce Wong
Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia face with COVID-19 a public health emergency unlike any seen in our lifetime, along with an unprecedented economic downturn. […]
IMFBlog2020-09-14T10:00:11-04:00September 14, 2020|
By Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia and Yuanchen Yang
As economies now look for paths to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, new evidence reaffirms that policies for more open and trade-integrated economies could significantly benefit domestic competition and ultimately may help lower costs for consumers in emerging and developing economies. […]
IMFBlog2020-06-08T12:18:10-04:00June 4, 2020|
By Pritha Mitra and Seung Mo Choi
Food security in sub-Saharan Africa is under threat. The ability of many Africans to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs has been disrupted by successive natural disasters and epidemics. […]
IMFBlog2019-11-11T08:30:15-05:00November 11, 2019|
Does higher wage growth fuel inflation? In Europe, that has historically been the case. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T12:31:11-04:00October 15, 2018|
By Juan Yepez
October 15, 2018
Effective central bank communications are essential in guiding market expectations (photo: lionvision/iStock)
When it comes to central banks in Latin America, sometimes words can speak louder than actions. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-15T13:24:03-04:00November 27, 2017|
By IMFBlog
November 27, 2017
Versions in 中文(Chinese); Español (Spanish), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese)
Universal fuel and energy subsidies have been prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, but they have substantial drawbacks (photo: Reuters/Newscom).
Reforms in some mostly oil-exporting countries, along with lower international fuel prices since 2014, have reduced the size of fuel subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa, and they need to do more given the recent rise in international fuel […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T13:21:42-04:00January 23, 2017|
Versions in Português (Portuguese), and Español (Spanish)
The global landscape has changed since our last update in October 2016. These changes have been mainly shaped by:
IMFBlog2019-03-27T17:15:42-04:00May 12, 2015|
(Versions in Español and Português)
Private investment has been decelerating throughout emerging markets since mid-2011, and Latin America has been no exception (see Chart 1). This trend has raised concerns not only because weaker investment has played an important role in the broader regional slowdown, but also because Latin America’s investment rates were lower than in most other regions even before the slowdown began.
This blog looks […]
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