These issues can cause economic strains, particularly when it means that a smaller proportion of the total population has to bear significant social safety net costs. Countries with aging ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some ... There seems to be little consensus on what constitutes an environmental tax, however. Current ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced in the International Monetary Fund on topical issues. The raw ...

Levels of development are dependent on physical, economic, environmental and political factors. Globalisation has had major consequences for high-, middle- and low-income countries. Regional ...

Ghanaians go to the polls on Dec. 7 to choose a new president and parliament in an election investors are watching closely to ...

“While more ideological issues like abortion are often talked about much more in the national media, young voters have been feeling the economic downturn and are voting based on the economy.

Kashyap says we should be looking at businesses the way a VC firm would. Even though we don't know which will survive, there is a lot of optionality.