Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the de facto Prime Minister of Bangladesh, enjoys popular acclaim. But he is also subjected to great expectations...

When countries are unable to repay debts, domestic financing for health, education or social protection gets slashed which disproportionately...

The Asia Pacific region appears to be enthralled by China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is basically aimed at developing infrastructure in...

As already known, Russia has had cordial relations, without any dark colonial past, with Africa. Soviet Union supported African countries in their...

Jeffrey Sachs is known for many accolades; among them, he was a special advisor to three consecutive UN secretaries-general, once hailed as the most...

Thetotal public debt outstandingof the U.S. government has grown by $7.4 trillion since the end of 2020. That’scausing a lot of concernfor the...

IMF PODCASTS WASHINGTON, USA – For decades, governments have been tapping into global sovereign debt markets to smooth ups and downs in revenue with...

By Nikolai G. Wenzel  first came to economics out of a concern for poverty. I had been attracted to classical liberalism for its uncompromising...

Sheikh Hasina’s fall in Bangladesh shows history’s cruel irony. The ousting of the leader marks the end of a period characterized by the kind of...

The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be “someone else’s problem”, and affecting mainly...