(Credit: IMF Photo/Lena Mucha) September 26, 2024/IMFBlog By Geoffroy Dolphin and Magnus Markle Poor households in Germany and France pay up to $2 more per ton of emitted carbon dioxide than their higher-income compatriots. That is because products and services that wealthier people are likelier to consume—such as imported goods […]
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Growth in EBRD Regions Trimmed as Economies Adjust to New Realities
Image Credit: EBRD September 26, 2024/EBRD By Ksenia Yakustidi Output in the EBRD regions for 2024 revised down by 0.2 percentage points to 2.8 per cent Disinflation continues, with inflation down to 5.8 per cent Real wages resume rapid growth, almost catching up with pre-Covid trend levels and boosting household […]
The AfDB at 60: Celebrating Africa’s Development and Planning for the Future
In 1964, 25 African states meeting in Sudan agreed that the continent needed a multilateral institution that would drive development and poverty reduction in the continent. Image : SIMON MAINA/AFP September 26, 2024/AfDB By Kwame Ofori Appiah This article is sponsored by AFDB The resulting institution, the African Development Bank, […]
