Kristalina Georgieva: Building Bridges to Strong Future Growth
International cooperation is weakening. The bridges that connect countries are corroding as trade and investment barriers are rising, and Africa stands to suffer the biggest economic losses from sever...
6 Okt 202325min
Women in Economics: Eliana La Ferrara on Social Norms and Development
A functioning economy provides people with access to credit, insurance, and, among other things, investment opportunities. But what happens in poor communities where they are landless and have no weal...
27 Sep 202322min
Andrea Presbitero on Rewards Cards and Wealth Inequality
Credit cards that offer rewards like travel discounts seem a good idea, but rewards cards can be costly for anyone who keeps a running balance. So should there be rules around who gets one? IMF econom...
7 Sep 202319min
Gouverneur Abdellatif Jouahri sur les réformes qui ont mis le Maroc sur la bonne voie
Abdellatif Jouahri est le gouverneur de Banque Al-Maghrib depuis 2003 et l'homme derrière les grandes réformes qui ont fait du Maroc l'une des économies les plus importantes de la région du Moyen-Orie...
31 Aug 202331min
Women in Economics: Nina Pavcnik on Trade and Development
The dramatic opening up of markets to international trade over the past 30 years has been a boon to many developing economies but it has not benefitted everyone. Nina Pavcnik grew up in Yugoslavia and...
16 Aug 202321min
Euro Area Inflation and how Import Prices, Profits, and Wages fit in
While import prices account for much of Europe's inflation, its outlook largely depends on how companies absorb wage gains as higher prices erode workers' purchasing power. IMF economist Frederik Tosc...
3 Aug 202313min
Jookyung Ree on the eNaira, One Year After
Nigeria's eNaira was the first Central Bank Digital Currency in Africa and only the second in the world when it launched in October 2021, but a growing number of countries across the globe are now pla...
20 Juli 202322min
Ruud De Mooij on Taxing Crypto
Since their inception in 2008, the contentious rise of crypto assets has been dramatic. Their market value has been as high as $3 trillion and about $50 million is transacted in crypto every day. But ...
6 Juli 202317min
