Walden Bello
Photograph Source: Gage Skidmore – CC BY-SA 2.0
I think that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been misinformed. I...
The global economic growth forecast indicates a decrease from around 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3.0 percent for both 2023 and 2024, according to...
The International Monetary Fund's Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, said IMF will lower its 2023 growth forecast, the fourth downward revision this year, as it...
A Survey by the IMF staff usually published twice a year. It presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near...
The war in Ukraine comes at a time when some countries are moving past the acute phase of the pandemic and the global economy...
THE security concerns of Russia arising from Ukraine’s intentions of joining NATO have been widely discussed in the media. But the IMF’s link with...
THE International Monetary Fund has announced a fresh issue of $650 billion Special Drawing Rights in August which would be distributed among member countries...
THE Covid-19 crisis has seen a very different response from the advanced countries compared to the third world countries. The former have unrolled substantial...
There is an exodus of finance from the third world at present, far exceeding in scale what had occurred in 2008 after the financial...
