February 3, 2021/IMFBlog By Philip Barrett, Sophia Chen, and Nan Li In 1832, the great cholera pandemic hit Paris. In just a few months, the disease killed 20,000 of the city’s 650,000 population. Most fatalities occurred in the heart of the city, where many poor workers lived in squalid conditions, […]

Commercial farming is one of the highest-growth sectors in Mozambique, yet only 16% of land suitable for agriculture is being cultivated February 3, 2021/AOP By Grace Goodrich With fertile river valleys, expansive coastal lowlands and the prolific Zambezi River as a source of irrigation, Mozambique is considered a mecca for […]

February 2, 2021/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week –    Global oil demand fell to 92.2 mb/d in 2020, a 9% decline from the year before, according to a new EIA estimate. –    Demand rebounded rapidly after hitting a low point in April 2020, but demand was stagnant and even contracted slightly […]