Photo Credit: peeterv/iStock by Getty Images November 16, 2023/IMFBlog Countries in the Sahel (comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger), along with neighboring Central African Republic (CAR) are facing a medley of development challenges. Escalating insecurity, political instability including military takeovers, climate change, and overlapping economic shocks are making it […]
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Global Linkages: Supply, Spillovers, and Common Challenges
November 16, 2023/US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook At “Global Linkages in a Post-Pandemic World” 2023 Asia Economic Policy Conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Center for Pacific Basin Studies, San Francisco, California Thank you, Sylvain, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to […]
How Latin America Can Use Trade to Boost Growth
(Credit: Anderson Coelho/iStock by Getty Images) November 16, 2023/IMFBlog By Flavien Moreau and Rafael Machado Parente Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean aren’t fully harnessing the potential of international trade, an important driver of growth for emerging market economies. While the region has made some progress on trade openness, […]
