February 2, 2021/Coronation Research Last week the Monetary Policy Council of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) concluded its two-day meeting by leaving its key policy rate unchanged at 11.50%. After two cuts during 2020 that demonstrated the CBN’s resolve to deal with recession, last week’s announcement was not a […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
The Pre-Pandemic Debt Landscape—and Why It Matters
February 1, 2021/IMFBlog By Xuehui Han, Paulo Medas, and Susan Yang Many countries entered the pandemic with elevated debt levels. Our new update of the IMF’s Global Debt Database shows that global debt—public plus private—reached $197 trillion in 2019, up by $9 trillion from the previous year. This substantial debt […]
South Sudan Pursues a Power Sector Revival
The East-Central African nation is focusing on power generation projects backed by critical infrastructure February 1, 2021/AOP By Charné Hundermark South Sudan is re-directing its focus on power sector development in a bid to dramatically transform its electricity market, which faces a deficit of approximately 170 MW and has led […]
