The Crises – United States nearing the End Game

On November 8, the International Monetary Fund held the annual research conference on the state of the world. The theme this year was Crises: Yesterday and Today, about innovative research on a wide range of issues on crises and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. The last speaker of the conference… Continue reading The Crises – United States nearing the End Game

Sub-Saharan Africa Building Momentum in a Multi-Speed World

We live in a world where economic development takes place in different pace for different regions. It has always been like this, but for the first time in modern history, it is no longer western developed countries having the fastest growth. Professor Michael Spence, 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, set out… Continue reading Sub-Saharan Africa Building Momentum in a Multi-Speed World