Ghanaian leaders have grappled with ideological challenges while navigating decolonisation and socio-economic development.
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The $33 billion that African countries received under the IMF’s special drawing rights after COVID didn’t add to their debt, came without conditions and didn’t cost donors a cent.
Budget credibility is crucial for Mozambique’s economic development and public trust.
The International Monetary Fund has endorsed the Reserve Bank’s tough monetary policy – while warning rates might need to rise again if the fight against inflation stalls. A report after IMF staff visited…
A two-part new approach to helping countries manage their debt would improve the situation for governments as well as their creditors.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake touted his victory as a ‘fresh start’ for the South Asian nation, two years after it came to the brink of economic collapse.
Unless Kenya secures a write-off or other debt-reducing deal, it will almost certainly default.
Ethiopia’s macroeconomic policy shift holds the promise of significant progress, but success is far from certain.
Despite its stark reality, there is a potential path forward for Sudan if peace can be found.
President Ruto’s re-awakening of class identities has shifted the character of Kenya’s politics in ways even he could not have predicted.
The 1944 conference to create a post-war international monetary system marked the beginning of America’s global dominance.
South Africa should encourage the G20 to commission studies on the challenges that the international community faces, and suggest responses.
Development finance addresses the failures or limitations of financial institutions such as commercial and investment banks.
Cuts could really help squeezed households.
The current approach to debt restructuring has failed Zambia.
Sri Lanka is just one of a number of countries in which IMF loan conditions appear to be mainly burdening supporters of the opposition.
Infrastructure is always a vexed issue. The program is full of pork barrelling, whoever is in power. Even when that’s not involved, what to build and when it should be built is often contested.
In this podcast, independent economist Chris Richardson joins The Conversation to discuss a rate rise, "sticky" inflation, the fall in the standard of living, and a bleak prospect as we go into 2024.
Many sources of finance, including those from the World Bank and IMF, don’t adequately cater for African nations’ specific needs.
The IMF’s US57 billion bailout to Argentina in 2018 was the biggest loan it has ever extended.
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