Africa Needs A Growth Reset
At current growth rates, per capita income in sub-Saharan Africa would take roughly half a century to double. Our chapter...
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Responding To The Energy And Food Price Shock: Getting The Policy Details Right
When global energy prices spike, governments face an unenviable dilemma: shield people and businesses while straining already reduced room in...
How Tax Administration Supported Greece’s Economic Recovery
Greece was once Europe’s cautionary tale—shut out of markets, reliant on external financial support, and collecting too little tax to...
Budget Credibility As An Anchor For Better Economic Outcomes For Africa
Policy priorities include more realistic forecasting, stronger expenditure controls, improved cash management, and institutional reforms to better align budgets with...
Africa Faces Mounting Risks Just As Growth Gains Take Hold
African policymakers have demonstrated they can deliver under pressure. The choices they make now—whether to hold the line on inflation,...
War Shock Requires Disciplined Fiscal Reaction
The war in the Middle East is putting pressure on people, firms, and countries at a moment when public finances...
MDB Heads Deepen Collaboration To Support Countries Through Heightened Global Uncertainty
By Godson Umejiego, Bureau Chief, The Americas In a period of heightened global uncertainty, including the evolving situation in the...
Global Imbalances: Old Questions, New Answers?
Global current account imbalances are widening again, reversing a decade of steady decline following the global financial crisis. History suggests...
Wars Impose Lasting Economic Costs, While More Defense Spending Means Hard Choices
War is again defining the global landscape. After decades of relative calm following the Cold War, the number of active...
One Year Liberation Day: The Delusion Of Transatlantic Economic Divorce
A year after Liberation Day, Washington and Brussels are still fighting each other – not China, writes SANDER TORDOIR. Liberation...
