IMFBlog2021-08-03T10:00:15-04:00August 3, 2021|
By Olusegun Akanbi, Kenji Moriyama, Keyra Primus
Already facing huge development needs, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the challenges facing fragile and conflict states—a group of currently about 40 countries trapped in cycles of low administrative capacity, political instability, conflict, and weak economic performance. […]
IMFBlog2021-08-10T16:49:48-04:00July 13, 2021|
By Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Samuel Pienknagura, and Luca Ricci
Protests driven by the pandemic’s economic fallout are on the rise, with potentially long-lasting economic consequences.
Protests can be catalysts for political reform and social change. But what impact do they have on the economy? […]
IMFBlog2021-05-27T11:03:30-04:00April 30, 2021|
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, and Marina M. Tavares
عربي , 中文 , Español, Français , 日本語 , Português , Русский
A year ago, the world changed. While the pandemic’s effect on workers has varied worldwide, the new reality has left many mothers scrambling. With schools and daycares closed, many were forced to leave their jobs or cut the hours they worked. […]
IMFBlog2021-06-03T11:36:51-04:00April 29, 2021|
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:15-04:00March 5, 2021|
By Antoinette Sayeh, Jiro Honda, Carolina Renteria, Vincent Tang
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Русский
International Women’s Day, March 8, marks a year from the start of widespread lockdowns in response to COVID-19. As an IMF blog warned back in July, women have borne the economic and social brunt of the pandemic. […]
IMFBlog2021-02-03T17:48:02-05:00February 3, 2021|
IMFBlog2020-12-14T15:04:53-05:00December 11, 2020|
By Tahsin Saadi Sedik and Rui Xu
In the months and years following previous pandemics, the countries most affected saw a rise in social unrest. […]
IMFBlog2020-07-10T14:43:10-04:00July 7, 2020|
By Mariya Brussevich, Era Dabla-Norris, and Salma Khalid
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating labor markets across the world. Tens of millions of workers lost their jobs, millions more out of the labor force altogether, and many occupations face an uncertain future. […]
IMFBlog2020-03-06T14:00:15-05:00March 3, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva and Louise Levonian
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語
Where are all the women? It is a question we shouldn’t have to ask in 2020. But we do. Why? Because there are simply too few women in leadership positions all over the world. On the eve of International Women’s Day and as we approach the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote here in the United States, the time is right to get a handle on the problem. […]
IMFBlog2020-02-27T08:30:27-05:00February 27, 2020|
By Era Dabla-Norris , Carlo Pizzinelli, and Jay Rappaport
Will I do as well as my parents?
A positive answer to this question once seemed a foregone conclusion; now, for recent generations, less so. Despite being more educated than their parents, millennials—those born between 1980 and 2000—may have less job stability during their working life. Concerns that it might be more difficult to break into the middle class, or to have enough retirement savings, are also rising to the fore in policy debates in many advanced economies. […]
