Fresh thinking in economics
G20 environment ministers in Naples, Italy, concluded a “hard-fought summit” yesterday, reports the Financial Times, which “at times appeared to be on the brink of disintegrating”. The newspaper continues: “In the …
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The Summit brings together Global South governments, political leaders, healthcare workers and vaccine manufacturers from more than twenty countries and follows criticism of the G7’s plan by U.N. aid chief …
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Despite the recent G7 agreement on corporate taxation, global leadership requires going beyond national interests to ensure that all countries have sufficient resources to develop healthier post-pandemic economies. This will …
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GDP growth appears positive The World Bank has added its voice to those predicting the global economy will recover faster from the pandemic than previously thought. According to its latest report, …
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Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus …
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The UK housing market is “on fire” thanks to the extension of government tax breaks for homebuyers and increased demand from richer households with more savings following coronavirus lockdowns, the …
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Kenya is suffering from a financial crisis, and the government has invited the IMF back. But those who survived the IMF and World Bank Structural Adjustment Programmes of the ’80s …
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As the second wave of COVID-19 rages through the country, media and global donor attention is focused on the supply of oxygen in its various forms – even as the …
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A new report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute details how wage stagnation in the U.S. is not due abstract forces like technological advances and globalization, but the result …
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A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, finds that droughts currently drive around €9bn in annual economic losses across the EU and UK – mainly from damage to the …
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