Emerging Stronger From the Great Lockdown
The managing director and the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund lay out a strategy for sustained recovery.
Global Pandemic
Unemployment in Today’s Recession Compared to the Global Financial Crisis
There has been much discussion in recent months about how workers who transitioned to working from home—and those who were deemed “essential”—are less affected by the layoffs and job losses brought on by lockdowns than are workers in “social” jobs that require closer human interaction, like restaurant workers.
IMF WEO: How the World will Grow in the Great Lock Down of 2020
This article gives a brief summary of how the IMF expects the world to grow in 2020, highlight the top 10 countries to grow in 2020 (with special focus on Guyana), highlight countries that will fall the most in 2020, as well as give a special case study of selected African countries.
Turning the COVID-19 Tragedy into an Opportunity for a New Nigeria
By Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. As many people are now aware, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease in China has rapidly permeated and profoundly changed the world. While this crisis is first and foremost a public health issue, which has claimed the lives of over 123,600 people worldwide, and […]
After COVID-19, Comes the Debt
The Build Up Global borrowing has been rising so rapidly due to recent economic events and incidents around the world, that many are worried is becoming unsustainable. According to the new OECD forecasts, as increasingly stringent containment measures required to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), would inevitably lead to significant short-term if not long-term […]