March 15, 2021/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva, Federico J. Díez, Romain Duval, and Daniel Schwarz The crisis has hit small and medium enterprises especially hard, causing massive job losses and other economic scars. Among these—less noticeable, but also serious—is rising market power among dominant firms as they emerge even stronger while […]

March 15, 2021 By Karen Van Der Wath – President of We-Recycle Mauritius and Carbon & Energy Management Consultant The government of Mauritius have proposed bold new measures to curb plastic waste. While the intentions behind the mooted regulations are commendable, we are firmly of the view that the proposed […]

March 15, 2021/Cordros Report In line with other countries globally, the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a significant blow to the Ghanaian economy, given the containment measures to limit the virus’ spread. Hence, contact-dependent sectors were severely affected, and the supply chain disruptions led to a spike in inflation during the lockdown. […]