The CEMAC’s economy lost momentum in 2023. The external position weakened, with the current account shifting to a deficit and foreign reserve accumulation slowing. While inflation continued to ease, ...

Real GDP growth is projected to rebound to 1.4 percent y/y in 2025 and 2.7 percent y/y in 2026. Inflation is expected to remain within the target band.

Improving the business environment, strengthening governance, and reforming the labor market are among the keys to economic ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Anastasia Guscina conducted discussions with the Surinamese authorities during February 5-14 on policies to complete the ninth and final review of ...

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today that Vitor Gaspar intends to retire as Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department in November 2025.

The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at an early stage ...

Every great leap in human progress—from the printing press to the steam engine to the semiconductor—has been driven by ideas.

Education has been and can continue to be at the center of global poverty reduction. The world economy has experienced a ...

Just 22 percent of Americans said that college is worth the money, especially if it means taking out loans, according to a ...

If we look back to philosophers such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx, discussions of political economy were deeply intertwined ...

A history of the WTO’s predecessor sheds light on contemporary trade tensions. INDUSTRIAL POLICY, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THE ...

Namibia’s real GDP is estimated to have grown by 3.5 percent in 2024. The 2023/24 drought depressed agricultural production, causing wide-spread food insecurity and highlighting the importance of ...