April 28, 2020/ ITP Communications Sub-Saharan Africa steps up efforts to boost local food & beverage manufacturing Opportunities for equipment suppliers as SSA looks to step up manufacturing capacity Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are actively seeking to reduce their dependence on food imports and grow local manufacturing, pointing to future […]

April 29, 2020/IMFBlog y Krishna Srinivasan, Sònia Muñoz, and Varapat Chensavasdijai As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe—bringing severe human and economic costs—the Caribbean is no exception. With over 1,000 confirmed cases, many countries have taken strong containment measures, such as border closures and lockdowns, to “flatten […]

April 28, 2020/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week –    Weekly U.S. consumption of petroleum products averaged 14.1 mb/d for the week ending on April 17, down about a third from the pre-pandemic average. –    Gasoline consumption averaged 5.3 mb/d, down from 8.9 mb/d year-to-date through early March. –    Distillate demand […]