From Promoting Economic Pluralism
Russia’s economy faces being plunged into a fresh economic crisis following Moscow’s move to start military action in Ukraine. The Russian ruble fell 10% to its lowest ever level against …
Russia’s Economy on the Brink of Crisis After Ukraine Attack Read More
WADI NAHLEH, Lebanon — Two weeks before he was supposed to get married, Bakr Seif told his mother he was going out to see his fiancee and would be back …
As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy Read More
Tatiana Araujo de Sirqueira, a 33-year-old single mother of six, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are almost neighbours, but they inhabit different universes. Sirqueira lives by a landfill less than …
Brazilians thrown back into poverty as COVID aid dries up Read More
Millions of dollars in aid to Lebanon are being lost in currency exchange as inflation soars out of control, but internal UN documents and interviews with officials suggest that fixing …
Aid millions wasted in Lebanese currency collapse Read More
From the publisher: The critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do so, increasing the possibility …
Another End of the World is Possible Read More
Covid-19 is clearly the crisis that defined 2020, but millions of people were forced to grapple with natural disasters alongside the pandemic. A Biblical deluge of record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, devastating …
What natural disasters cost the global economy in 2020 Read More
Post pandemic, which issues need to be added and reincorporated into the development economics curriculum? Kevin Deane asks. There is a strong argument that Covid is not an external shock …
Colonial economics Read More
Fatima lay in bed at the internal medicine ward at the bustling Mirwais Hospital in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar – a black scarf draped over her head and …
A quiet crisis: As the economy fractures, violence soars for Afghan women Read More
In her speech opening this year’s Annual World Meetings, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned of the dangers of an uneven recovery and increasing inequality and talked of the need for …
Ecuador’s new loan program: a tale of two IMFs Read More
A growing number of poor countries, some already in humanitarian crisis, will soon have to choose between servicing their lenders or helping their most vulnerable citizens, as the World Bank …
The debt crisis looming for poor countries Read More