OPINION/EDITORIAL

Burundi Strives to Emerge From Waves of Economic Shocks

IMF COUNTRY FOCUS Juan Alberto Casado/iStock by Getty Images November 3, 2022/IMF By Mame Astou Diouf and Jocelyn Koussere Burundi’s economic growth expected to strengthen in 2022 Burundi’s economy has been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. However, the economy is showing resilience, with economic growth […]

Methane Emissions Must Fall for World to Hit Temperature Targets

Credit: xmentoys/Adobe Stock November 2, 2022/IMFBlog Fees are a promising and practical solution, especially those that build off existing business taxes common for extractive industries and agriculture Climate change Simon Black, Ian Parry, Nate Vernon Countries must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases substantially to keep global temperature targets in reach […]

Insecurity Continues to Spread across the Country

November 2, 2022/CSL Research Based on a Thisday news report, former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Adigun Agbaje was kidnapped along the Lagos-Ibadan highway alongside two students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Friday evening. Findings said a policeman was killed in the shootout that […]