October 1, 2020/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, and Rhoda Weeks-Brown The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed debt levels to new heights. Compared to end-2019, average 2021 debt ratios are projected to rise by 20 percent of GDP in advanced economies, 10 percent of GDP in emerging market economies, and about […]
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60 Years After Independence Nigeria’s Energy Industry Hasn’t Realized Its Promise— But It’s Getting Closer
While getting Nigeria to the point where it can realize the full potential of its petroleum resources has been slow going, the country appears to be on the right track September 30, 2020/AEC By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber On Oct. 1, 1960, everything seemed possible for Nigeria: […]
China: Evolving Demand in the World’s Largest Agricultural Import Market
September 29, 2020/USDA International Agricultural Trade Reports While trade tensions and China’s retaliatory tariffs slashed U.S. agricultural exports to China in 2018 and 2019, China’s agricultural purchases from the rest of the world continued apace. China is now the world’s largest agricultural importer, surpassing both the European Union (EU) and […]
