This paper employs an updated algorithm and database for classifying exchange rate and anchor currency choice, to explore the evolution of…
Debt in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) is at its highest level in half a century. In about nine out of 10 EMDEs, debt is…
We examine how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among…
I discuss the multifaceted economic and financial vulnerabilities that have been created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic on a…
Today, more than half of low-income countries eligible for relief under the Debt Service Suspension Initiative are either in debt distress…
Purpose: The use of public–private partnership (PPP) approaches for developing infrastructure has been well recognized. The allocation of…
The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in soaring infection rates, widespread lockdowns, record-shattering declines in output, and…
La pandemia ha creado una contracción económica de grandes proporciones que irá seguida de una crisis financiera que tomará casi el mismo…
On January 20, Joe Biden will walk into the White House as U.S. president facing an economic challenge much like the one he faced when he…
Unemployment insurance has played a critical role in the US economic response to the coronavirus pandemic. It has been greatly expanded,…