The miracle growth of some poor to middle-income countries achieving a high-income status within two generations is difficult to replicate, but not impossible.

Reda Cherif and Fuad Hasanov · IMF Blog 20 Nov 2019

Gender Parity

Why ignoring women is costing financial services money

Greater boardroom representation is only the beginning – catering properly to women customers could completely transform the financial sector.

David Gillespie and Jessica Clempner 15 Nov 2019

International Trade and Investment

How the Western Balkans can keep its economic momentum

After the recent success of the Regional Roaming Agreement, landmark progress on economic competitiveness and innovation has been achieved in the region.

Børge Brende and Martina Larkin · Euractiv 08 Nov 2019

Global Economic Imbalances

This is what you need to know about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

From lowering tariffs to reducing layers of bureaucracy on exports within the bloc, the deal is set to have a significant impact on the global economy.

Matthew Tostevin · Reuters 06 Nov 2019

International Trade and Investment

Why trade wars have no winners

Short-term benefits and retaliation measures could undermine decades of progress in global trade.

Anahita Thoms 01 Nov 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

Has monetary policy reached its limits?

Central bankers have recognized that the effectiveness of monetary policy in managing demand and stabilizing economic cycles has reached its limits. Many politicians and academic economis...

Anatole Kaletsky · Project Syndicate 01 Nov 2019

China

Exploring the anti-globalization bias and the public policy it creates

The globalization debate is often tinged with nationalism, self-interest, and lack of economic understanding, resulting in misguided public policies. Redressing the negative bias in the d...

Shang-Jin Wei · Project Syndicate 30 Oct 2019

European Union

Brexit uncertainty is taking a toll on the British economy

Uncertainty is associated with reduced investment and lower productivity, with particularly large effects at highly productive firms most exposed to EU trade.

Laurent Belsie · NBER Digest 24 Oct 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Tariffs and monetary policy: A toxic mix

The escalating tariffs are having a mounting impact on global trade volumes, industrial production, capital formation and the tactic of relying exclusively on barriers to trade and protec...

Michael Bordo and Mickey Levy · VoxEU 21 Oct 2019

International Trade and Investment

These are the United States’ most exported products

Machinery and electrical goods top the list of physical exports by value from the US, according to World Bank figures.

Douglas Broom 15 Oct 2019

Taxation

In the digital era, tax, trade and competition rules need an upgrade

As digital trade takes off, how do we regulate and tax remote businesses? Look no further than our digital tax and trade explainer for a discussion of the key issues.

Sean Doherty and Aditi Sara Verghese 11 Oct 2019

International Trade and Investment

A 2017 WTO deal aimed to improve trade in Africa - but there's still much work to do

To improve global trade, a mixture of policies must be introduced to allow both developed and developing countries to benefit in sync.

Asmita Parshotam · Project Syndicate 09 Oct 2019

European Union

2 spaces need filling on the ECB Executive Board - who's in the running?

The European Central Bank has two vacant positions for the executive board, but who will fill them? The members must be able to influence the ECB on policy decisions to make a broader agr...

Stefan Gerlach · Project Syndicate 08 Oct 2019

United States

Why retail could be the barrier to an India-US trade deal

Indian and US ministers are on opposite sides of the investment debate at the India Economic Summit.

Katharine Rooney 04 Oct 2019

Arctic

4 ways climate change is opening the Arctic up for business

Climate change is gradually pushing back the Arctic ice sheet. That's bad news for the rest of the world, but - from trade to fishing and even tech companies - it is opening up new opport...

Mads Qvist Frederiksen 27 Sep 2019

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