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  • Navigating Economic Storms and Emerging from Fragility

    Lessons from Sierra Leone

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Sub-Saharan Africa faces a constellation of economic and geopolitical headwinds. Many economies in the region are fragile, and many are still developing the capacity to respond adequately to frequent shocks and policy challenges. Despite the region’s significant potential, its future remains uncertain due to external conflicts and increasing climate-related shocks. Megatrends such as global ... Read more

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  • Catalyst for Change

    This study shows empirically that gender inequality and income inequality are strongly interlinked, even after controlling for standard drivers of income inequality. The study analyzes gender inequality by using and extending the United Nation’s Gender Inequality Index (GII) to cover two decades for almost 140 countries,. The main finding is that an increase in the GII from perfect gender equality ... Read more

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  • Why Iceland? : How One of the World's Smallest Countries Became the Meltdown's Biggest Casualty: How One of the World's Smallest Countries Became the Meltdown's Biggest Casualty

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    As late as the mid 1980s, Iceland’s economy revolved around little else than a semi-robust cod-fishing industry. By the end of the century, however, it had transformed itself into a major player in world finance, building an international banking empire worth twelve times its GDP. The tiny island nation of 300,000 was one of the global economy’s great success stories.And then everything came ... Read more

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  • Dealing with High Debt in an Era of Low Growth

    Series Book 13 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    task has become particularly challenging in European advanced economies where expectations of low growth and limits to monetary policy support are shifting the burden of adjustment onto fiscal consolidation. The SDN will investigate the main drivers behind successful past debt reversals, focusing on macroeconomic and financial market conditions, the speed and form of fiscal adjustment, and the ... Read more

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  • Blogging Buzz; The Basics

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    What if highlighting solutions and telling positive stories was the best way to solve the ecological, economic, and social problems our countries are grappling with? In 2012, Cyril Dion learned about a study carried out by twenty-two scientists from around the world that forecasts the extinction of multiple forms of life, and possibly a large part of humanity, by the year 2100. This news barely ... Read more

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  • Money

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    Money is nothing more than what is commonly exchanged for goods or services, so why has understanding it become so complicated? In Money, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith cuts through the confusions surrounding the subject to present a compelling and accessible account of a topic that affects us all. He tells the fascinating story of money, the key factors that shaped its development, and ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Monetary Economics
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  • Banking on Markets

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  • The Monetary History of Gold

    A Documentary History, 1660-1999

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