Many African countries have introduced lockdowns in order to halt the spread of coronavirus, but, as Alex de Waal and Paul Richards argue, ordinary...
The world has changed dramatically in the three months since our last update of the World Economic Outlook in January. A rare disaster, a...
A leading research and public policy think-tank is calling on the African Union to defer the July 1st date for commencement of trading under...
The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against COVID-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, the United States...
The World Bank has said that measures such as lockdowns used to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by many advanced countries may...
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the entire world – rich and poor – into uncharted territory, prompting extraordinary policy responses almost everywhere. The looming...
The use of child labour on cocoa farms in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has risen over the past decade despite industry promises...
Thousands of pregnant girls will attend school in Tanzania as part of a $500-million World Bank loan which had been delayed for years due...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved an immediate debt service relief to 25, including 19 African countries, of the IMF’s member...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved the disbursement of SDR 738 million (about US$1 billion) to be drawn under...