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Saving the Lost Generation
By Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Version in عربي | Español | Français | Norwegian | Русский) Oslo was the scene this week of a remarkable event that brought together global leaders from government, business,...
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Raising Competitiveness: Recipe for Tapping into the Middle East’s Growth...
By Masood Ahmed (Version in عربي ) With the global economy on the mend, countries in the Middle East and North Africa are witnessing a pickup in trade and economic growth. Aided by rising oil prices...
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Quo Vadis México?
By Nicolás Eyzaguirre (Version in Español) Ahead of my arrival today in Mexico with the IMFs Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, I can’t help but reflect on how things have changed for the better...
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South Africa’s Unemployment Puzzle
By Abebe Aemro Selassie Among the havoc wrought by the global financial crisis, unemployment ranks at the top. This discussion often focuses on the situation in advanced countries. Unemployment in the...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: U.S. Fiscal Policy
By Rodrigo Valdés (Versions in عربي, 中文, 日本語, Español, Français, Русский) The United States faces two pressing challenges to fiscal policy: raise the debt ceiling, and begin the arduous process of...
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Growing Pains: Europe’s Dilemma
By Bas Bakker (Versions in Español and Français ) As the crisis in Europe deepens, it is worth asking how it all went wrong in the first place. In the past decade there have been stark differences in...
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Subdued Growth, Diminished Prospects, Action Needed
By Maurice Obstfeld (Versions in عربي, , 中文, Français, 日本語, Русский, and Español) At the start of 2016, turbulence in financial markets has returned amid renewed concern about risks to global economic...
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Can Raising Japan’s Minimum Wage Accelerate Wage Growth?
By Luc Everaert and Giovanni Ganelli Version in 日本語 (Japanese) Japan’s minimum wage is 798 JPY ($6.52) per hour, lower than many other advanced countries, including the United States, and among the...
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The IMF’s Work on Inequality: Bridging Research and Reality
By Prakash Loungani and Jonathan D. Ostry Versions in 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), and Español (Spanish) Over the past three decades, income inequality has gone up in most advanced economies and in...
View ArticleRaising Competitiveness: Recipe for Tapping into the Middle East’s Growth...
By Masood Ahmed (Version in عربي ) With the global economy on the mend, countries in the Middle East and North Africa are witnessing a pickup in trade and economic growth. Aided by rising oil prices...
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Quo Vadis México?
By Nicolás Eyzaguirre (Version in Español) Ahead of my arrival today in Mexico with the IMFs Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, I can’t help but reflect on how things have changed for the better...
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South Africa’s Unemployment Puzzle
By Abebe Aemro Selassie Among the havoc wrought by the global financial crisis, unemployment ranks at the top. This discussion often focuses on the situation in advanced countries. Unemployment in the...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: U.S. Fiscal Policy
By Rodrigo Valdés (Versions in عربي, 中文, 日本語, Español, Français, Русский) The United States faces two pressing challenges to fiscal policy: raise the debt ceiling, and begin the arduous process of...
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Growing Pains: Europe’s Dilemma
By Bas Bakker (Versions in Español and Français ) As the crisis in Europe deepens, it is worth asking how it all went wrong in the first place. In the past decade there have been stark differences in...
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Subdued Growth, Diminished Prospects, Action Needed
By Maurice Obstfeld (Versions in عربي, , 中文, Français, 日本語, Русский, and Español) At the start of 2016, turbulence in financial markets has returned amid renewed concern about risks to global economic...
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Can Raising Japan’s Minimum Wage Accelerate Wage Growth?
By Luc Everaert and Giovanni Ganelli Version in 日本語 (Japanese) Japan’s minimum wage is 798 JPY ($6.52) per hour, lower than many other advanced countries, including the United States, and among the...
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The IMF’s Work on Inequality: Bridging Research and Reality
By Prakash Loungani and Jonathan D. Ostry Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), and Español (Spanish) Over the past three decades, income inequality has gone up in most advanced...
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Chart of the Week: Seeking Solutions to Growing Inequality
By IMFblog As finance ministers and central banks gather in Washington this week for the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank, income inequality will be among the topics of discussion. While...
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Chart of the Week: The Cost of Asia’s Aging
by IMFBlog May 1, 2017 Version in 中文(Chinese) When it comes to tackling demographic change in Asia, there’s no one-size-fits-all strategy for policymakers. In some countries, like Japan, the...
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Chart of the Week: Conflict’s Legacy for Growth
By IMFBlog May 8, 2017 Conflict has been on the rise since the early 2000s given the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Conflict leads not only to immeasurable human costs, but also to substantial...
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