The African Development Bank Group will provide assistance to the agricultural sector, concentrating primarily on the development of farm blocks and value chains, to improve the sector’s climate resilience and agricultural productivity April 9, 2024/AfDB The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Country Strategy […]
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Emerging Markets Are Exercising Greater Global Sway
(Credit: IMF Photo) April 9, 2024/IMFBlog By Nicolas Fernandez-Arias, Alberto Musso, Carolina Osorio-Buitron, Adina Popescu The global economy is increasingly influenced by the Group of Twenty’s large emerging markets. Over the past two decades, these economies have become much more integrated with global markets and are generating larger economic “spillovers” to the rest […]
Housing is One Reason Not All Countries Feel Same Pinch of Higher Interest Rates
(Credit: Kajdi Szabolcs/iStock by Getty Images) April 8, 2024/IMFBlog By Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi, Nina Biljanovska, Alessia De Stefani, and Rui Mano Central banks have raised interest rates significantly over the past two years to combat post-pandemic inflation. Many thought this would lead to a slowdown in economic activity. Yet, global growth has […]
