
IMF economist sees only ‘transitory’ bump in inflation from U.S. stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion U.S. stimulus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion U.S. stimulus

AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) – Europe pushed to get its COVID-19 vaccination

Assessments by World Bank and partners provide insights into more

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government’s advisory panel on coronavirus measures approved on Thursday a plan to let the state of emergency expire in the Tokyo area as scheduled on March 21, while the capital’s governor warned citizens not to let down their guard.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – First Digital Bank, the first new bank

By Matthias Helble, Aimee Hampel The 1918 flu, World War II and

While most African countries have been largely spared so far from the direct health effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, the continent’s economy has been significantly hurt by the economic consequences. This is particularly concerning given Africa’s high prevalence of extreme poverty. A new eBook from CEPR Press focuses on business and household responses to the Covid-19 crisis in Africa, as well as access to international finance, patterns in international borrowing, and country-specific experiences during the pandemic.

By Kirsty Newman, Elisabetta Gentile Local decision makers, civil society, teachers, and

By Lynnette Perez In the southern Philippines, a culture-based senior high

By 2025 the UN aims to have eliminated child labour, a practice that affects roughly 10% of the world’s children and severely impedes sustainable development. But reaching that target will require a clear understanding of how global value chains interact with child labour. This column analyses 26 developing countries from 2007–2015 and concludes that countries participating in global value chains experienced reductions in child labour except in cases when an increase in exports was accompanied by additional imported content from third countries.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion U.S. stimulus

AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) – Europe pushed to get its COVID-19 vaccination

Assessments by World Bank and partners provide insights into more

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government’s advisory panel on coronavirus measures approved on Thursday a plan to let the state of emergency expire in the Tokyo area as scheduled on March 21, while the capital’s governor warned citizens not to let down their guard.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – First Digital Bank, the first new bank

By Matthias Helble, Aimee Hampel The 1918 flu, World War II and

While most African countries have been largely spared so far from the direct health effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, the continent’s economy has been significantly hurt by the economic consequences. This is particularly concerning given Africa’s high prevalence of extreme poverty. A new eBook from CEPR Press focuses on business and household responses to the Covid-19 crisis in Africa, as well as access to international finance, patterns in international borrowing, and country-specific experiences during the pandemic.

By Kirsty Newman, Elisabetta Gentile Local decision makers, civil society, teachers, and

By Lynnette Perez In the southern Philippines, a culture-based senior high

By 2025 the UN aims to have eliminated child labour, a practice that affects roughly 10% of the world’s children and severely impedes sustainable development. But reaching that target will require a clear understanding of how global value chains interact with child labour. This column analyses 26 developing countries from 2007–2015 and concludes that countries participating in global value chains experienced reductions in child labour except in cases when an increase in exports was accompanied by additional imported content from third countries.
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