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Many Caribbean countries risk becoming COVID-19 economic long-haulers. Much the same as some patients could suffer from lingering illnesses long after the corona virus infection...

Nigeria’s new naira-for-dollar plan to encourage remittance payments will do little to meet its stated aim of stabilising the currency, analysts say. Central bank Godwin...

Paychecks for teachers, new hospital equipment, social assistance programs, and other public expenditures. All depend to large extent on governments’ ability to fund them. When governments—particularly...

Despite COVID-19, Vietnam’s economy has remained resilient, expanding by 2.9 percent in 2020—one of the highest growth rates in the world—and growth is projected to...

Over the next decade, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 25-50 percent to be on track for meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of...

The economic downturn caused by the pandemic has taken a painful toll on small businesses. Scores of retail businesses have permanently closed in cities around...

Research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) shows that Chinese direct investment is increasing economic growth in Ethiopia, challenging the notion that Beijing’s growing...

Personal auto insurers saw sharp increases in underwriting profits for 2020 that were supportive of credit, amid a reduction in driving that led to substantially...

The UK budget extends near-term budget support for households and businesses and aims to bolster the post-Covid-19 economic recovery, while also signalling that fiscal consolidation...

Recently, the financial policy and regulation department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in a circular announced the extension of the regulatory forbearance on...