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How to Attract Private Finance to Africa’s Development

IMFBlog2021-06-14T11:05:54-04:00June 14, 2021|

By Abebe Aemro Selassie, Luc Eyraud, and Catherine Pattillo

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

Getting Back to Growth

IMFBlog2021-06-14T11:42:44-04:00June 10, 2021|

By Lone Engbo Christiansen, Ashique Habib, Margaux MacDonald, and Davide Malacrino

عربي, Español, 日本語, Português, Русский

Producing and consuming more goods and services for […]

The Benefits of Setting a Lower Limit on Corporate Taxation

IMFBlog2021-06-10T09:25:58-04:00June 9, 2021|

By Aqib Aslam and Maria Coelho

On June 5, 2021, Finance Ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized nations committed to a global minimum corporate tax rate on multinationals of […]

Chart of the WeekFour Factors Behind the Metals Price Rally

IMFBlog2021-06-09T09:41:58-04:00June 8, 2021|

By Martin Stuermer and Nico Valckx

As economies reopen in various parts of the world, the price of some commodities has soared, including the prices of prominent industrial metals. The extent […]

The Next Move: Consequences for Emerging Markets

IMFBlog2021-06-04T11:56:10-04:00June 2, 2021|

By Gita Bhatt

We focus this issue of Finance & Development on the road ahead for emerging markets, a label frequently applied to economies in the middle—neither advanced nor low-income. Because […]

CHART OF THE WEEKHow to Reduce COVID-19’s Unequal Effects Across Workers

IMFBlog2021-06-01T10:57:30-04:00June 1, 2021|

By Jorge Mondragon and Marina M. Tavares

Lower-skilled and young workers were among the hardest hit from the pandemic, suffering job losses in record numbers last year. Some of those jobs […]