
The Unfinished Agenda of Financing Africa’s COVID-19 Response
Sep 7, 2020 , et al. propose how to close a funding gap that could reach $100 billion annually for the next three years.
Brahima Coulibaly is Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution.
Sep 7, 2020 , et al. propose how to close a funding gap that could reach $100 billion annually for the next three years.
Jun 16, 2020 considers how Africa can get more from globalization, emphasizes the importance of job creation on the continent, and warns that, without adequate international support during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no “best-case scenario” for African economies.
Jun 4, 2020 , et al. offer four reasons why maintaining spending on schools will help the continent to tackle the pandemic.
Apr 9, 2020 & call for an immediate two-year moratorium on payments to give governments the fiscal space they need.
May 30, 2019 & ask why the ratio of African incomes to those in advanced economies has fallen since the early 1980s.
Huge fiscal and monetary stimulus programs have sparked a growing debate about whether advanced economies may sooner or later experience the sort of rapid price growth last seen a generation ago. While stimulus advocates point to current weak demand and the public’s deeply ingrained low-inflation expectations, anxious hawks fear that a new and dangerous global inflationary consensus may be taking hold.