Luc Eyraud on Wooing Investors to Africa's Development
With public finances stretched to the limit and the pandemic making things worse by the day, new IMF research looks at innovative ways to get the private sector more involved in financing Africa's dev...
24 Kesä 202118min
Ruchir Agarwal with a Proposal to End the Pandemic
There will be no durable end to the economic crisis until enough people around the world are vaccinated against Covid-19 and its variants to put the health crisis behind us. Economist Ruchir Agarwal a...
16 Kesä 202115min
Trevor Manuel Reflects on South Africa's Lost Decade
When the apartheid regime ceded power following South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, the economy was in shambles. Debt service costs as a share of GDP were crippling. Trevor Manuel—a vet...
9 Kesä 202117min
Sanjeev Gupta: Military Spending in the Post-Pandemic Era
Covid-19 has left government budgets across the globe scrambling for revenues and having to reassess their tax and spending policies. For some countries– especially those in conflict areas, spending o...
27 Touko 202114min
Nikita Aggarwal: The New Morality of Debt
Society has long debated the morality of debt. In ancient times, debt was viewed in many cultures as sinful, with lending at interest especially repugnant. These concerns continue to influence percept...
21 Touko 202118min
Chrystia Freeland and Kristalina Georgieva: Budgeting for Gender Equity
New IMF research shows that women with young children, mothers, particularly less educated ones, have been the most adversely affected group during the pandemic. Chrystia Freeland is Canada's Deputy P...
7 Touko 202130min
Rana Foroohar on the Economic and Social Force of Big Tech
Before the pandemic hit, 80 percent of corporate wealth was held by the top 10 percent of large companies richest in intangible assets like data, software, and intellectual property. In this podcast, ...
30 Huhti 202111min
Sub-Saharan Africa Outlook: Navigating a Long Pandemic
While there are signs of a recovery in advanced economies, sub-Saharan Africa is still in the throes of an unprecedented health and economic crisis. The second wave of COVID-19 infections was worse th...
15 Huhti 202113min
