Tag: IMF blog

Global – Putting Public Investment to Work (IMF blog)

(PHOTO: IMF PHOTO) Mariano Moszoro For countries on the path to recovery, reviving economic activity is a major priority. And what better way to support a...

Sub Saharan Africa – IMF: 7 steps to speed up the COVID-19 vaccine effort in sub-Saharan Africa (Kristalina Georgieva, Abebe Aemro Selassie, IMF blog)

Rapidly rising infections of COVID-19 are placing sub-Saharan Africa in the midst of a third wave. The growth of cases in the region...

Sub-Saharan Africa – We Need to Act Now (Kristalina Georgieva and Abebe Aemro Selassie, IMF blog)

Sub-Saharan Africa is in the grips of a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to be even more brutal than the two that...

Food Prices – Four Facts about Soaring Consumer Food Prices (Christian Bogmans, Andrea Pescatori, and Ervin Prifti, IMF blog)

Rising world food prices for producers are making headlines and causing concerns among the public. The most recent data show a moderation in consumer...

Climate Change/Global Carbon Pricing – A Proposal to Scale Up Global Carbon Pricing (Vitor Gaspar and Ian Parry, IMF blog)

Between one quarter and one half. That’s how much carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases must fall over the next decade to keep alive...

Africa – How to Attract Private Finance to Africa’s Development (Abebe Aemro Selassie, Luc Eyraud, and Catherine Pattillo, IMF blog)

African economies are at a pivotal juncture. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic activity to a standstill. Africa’s hard-won economic gains of the last...

Global – How to reduce COVID-19’s unequal effects across workers (Jorge Mondragon, WEF)

IMF: How to reduce COVID-19’s unequal effects across workers | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

How Strengthening Standards for Data and Disclosure Can Make for a Greener Future (IMF blog)

Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Ranjit Singh, and Felix Suntheim Imagine you plan to invest your savings and are looking for a firm or sector with a sustainable business...

Africa – The Policymaker’s Trilemma (IMF blog)

Abebe Aemro Selassie and Andrew Tiffin Imagine you’re a policymaker in sub-Saharan Africa. You’ve been charged with lifting your country out of the worst health crisis in...

US Dollar Share of Global Foreign Exchange Reserves Drops to 25-Year Low (IMF blog)

Serkan Arslanalp and Chima Simpson-Bell The share of US dollar reserves held by central banks fell to 59 percent—its lowest level in 25 years—during the fourth quarter...

COVID-19: The Moms’ Emergency (IMF blog)

Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, and Marina M. Tavares A year ago, the world changed. While the pandemic’s effect on workers has varied worldwide, the...

WORLD POST 2020 – Reclaiming Our World Post-2020 (Atish Rex Ghosh, IMF blog)

https://blogs.imf.org/2020/12/22/reclaiming-our-world-post-2020/

2020/10 CHARTS – Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2020 (IMF blog)

https://blogs.imf.org/2020/12/21/top-10-charts-of-the-week-for-2020/