October 9, 2023
There is rising interest in reforming the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Agreeing on what needs to be done and pushing it through is not easy.
July 18, 2023
Increases in U.S. interest rates driven by market perceptions of more hawkish Fed policy have especially adverse spillovers on emerging and developing economies
June 16, 2022
About a tenth of the world’s population is facing hunger. Hunger’s dramatic increase is the result of a perfect storm of conflict, COVID-19, climate, and cost.
July 6, 2020
Mobile money offers a way to distribute cash transfers to the poor during COVID, especially in remote areas and to those without access to financial institutions.
April 14, 2020
Beyond the direct impact from the coronavirus outbreak, developing economies are being battered by the pandemic’s impact on global demand and financial markets.
February 2, 2020
About 1.1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the last 25 years. Broad-based growth is the most important source of poverty reduction.
September 24, 2018
Programs provide for families with children while improving their chances of raising the children’s educational attainment. Are they effective in the long-term?
August 22, 2018
The Turkish lira lost 40% of its value since the start of 2018. Conditions for the crisis are homegrown, but a political fight with the U.S. have made it worse.
February 15, 2017
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the policy appears to have increased the rate of induced abortions in countries dependent on U.S. family-planning assistance.