April 19, 2021/IMFBlog By Tahsin Saadi Sedik and Jiae Yoo From car manufacture to self-service checkouts, we all see how automation can transform the world of work—with lower costs and higher productivity on one hand, and more precarious employment for people on the other. But the COVID-19 pandemic added fuel […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Greenpeace and Western Anti Africa Energy Groups Take the Wrong Approach to East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Uganda and Tanzania
Greenpeace believes that Uganda and Tanzania ought to turn down this foreign direct investment (FDI) April 19, 2021/AEC By NJ Ayuk, Chairman of the African Energy Chamber If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I’d probably blurt out the first […]
A COVID-19 Recovery Contribution
April 16, 2021/IMFBlog By Vitor Gaspar, Michael Keen, Alexander Klemm, and Paolo Mauro The economic costs of the pandemic have fallen most heavily on those least able to bear them. Governments have taken steps to support people and firms through wage subsidies, unemployment benefits, and other fiscal measures. But more […]