August 22, 2019/IMFBlog By IMFBlog Peoples’ connection to new technology is built on the backbone of electrical and fiber-optic cables running beneath our feet—and under oceans. In 2010, most economies that were not connected to the modern, cabled internet could be found in the Pacific. However, this is no longer […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Between Extortion and the Sanctity of Petroleum Contracts in Nigeria, DRC and Senegal
August 21, 2019 By NJ Ayuk, CEO of Centurion Law Group Last week, a commercial court in the United Kingdom gave reason to a claim by engineering company Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID), which demands over USD$9 billion from the Nigerian government over a failed gas deal. The decision […]
Taming the Currency Hype
August 21, 2019/IMFBlog By Gustavo Adler, Luis Cubeddu, and Gita Gopinath Escalating trade tensions are taking a toll on the global economy and are partly responsible for the recent downward revisions to our growth forecasts for 2019-20. Facing sluggish growth and below-target inflation, many advanced and emerging market economies have […]
