OPINION/EDITORIAL

How Emerging European Economies Found a New Monetary Policy Tool

The main entrance of the headquarters of the central bank of Serbia. Serbia was one of several emerging European economies to deploy asset purchases during the pandemic. (photo: BalkansCat by Getty Images) IMF COUNTRY FOCUS September 29, 2021/IMF By William Lindquist, Nadeem Ilahi, and Jaewoo Lee IMF European Department The purchase […]

Increasing Competition Policy Enforcement Across Africa

September 29, 2021 By Angelo Tzarevski, Associate Director, and Zareenah Rasool, Candidate Attorney, Competition & Antitrust Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg Competition policy continues to be viewed by regulators as a key driver of economic growth globally. Across Africa, competition policy enforcement is increasingly being employed as a tool to boost […]

How Nigeria Can Prosper From Its Oil And Gas Riches

September 29, 2021/Mediacraft Forget the BRIC’s, the next decade is going to be about the MAVINs” While researching this piece, we came across a 2010 article on Business Insider which spoke about how the focus on Brazil, Russia, India and China (The BRIC’S) might be old news and, in fact, […]