June 2, 2020/IMFBlog By Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry and Nour Tawk Since the COVID-19 outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China in late December 2019, the disease has spread to more than 200 countries and territories. In the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment, governments worldwide […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Under suspicion: 25% of Nigerian parents find something in their child’s social media account potentially dangerous
34% state their child has seen or listened to something that seemed suspicious to them, be that videos (68%), music (43%) or photos (25%) June 2, 2020/ Kaspersky The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home. Staying at home usually also means spending much […]
A Turning Point for Political Economy
June 1, 2020/IMFBlog By Gita Bhatt Five months ago we set out to write in this issue of Finance & Development about political economy—how politics affects the economy and the economy affects politics. Few suspected then that, instead of exploring an academic question, we would be witnessing real-world political economy […]
