OPINION/EDITORIAL

Fostering Inclusion in Mexico

(photo: FG Trade/iStock by Getty Images) January 24, 2022/IMFBlog Swarnali Ahmed Hannan IMF Western Hemisphere Department Mexico has long suffered from high poverty and social exclusion. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has likely exacerbated these problems, an increase in social program spending helped lessen the negative impact on employment, retail sales, […]

Nigeria Economic Outlook 2022: Navigating Stormy Seas

January 24, 2022/United Capital Report Please click here to download the full report Executive Summary Global: Broad-based growth seen in 2021 The global economy continued its post-pandemic recovery in 2021, with the continued rollout of vaccines and accommodative monetary and fiscal policies. However, most developed countries hit a soft patch from Q3-2021 […]

Insecurity: A Spanner in the Works of Local Wheat Production

January 24, 2022/CSL Research Amid the renewed interest in attaining self-sufficiency in wheat production in Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently published a report on a survey conducted on wheat production across 13 Northern states in the country. Notably, the total wheat production was estimated from the product […]