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An Asynchronous and Divergent Recovery May Put Financial Stability at Risk
After enduring a tumultuous 2020, the global economy is finally emerging from the worst phases of…
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Tracing products back to their origin: facilitating regional trade through blockchain
The COVID-19 crisis is challenging governments to step up their efforts to digitize public management. International trade is no exception. This is an opportunity to…
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Why Latin America should export its way out of the crisis
In mid-2020, at the height of the first wave of COVID-19 infections, the IDB argued that the pandemic had particularly devastating economic…
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The january 2021 employment report Miami-Dade County jobs data
The numbers analyzed In January 2021, the not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Miami-Dade County was…
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Engendering the Recovery: Budgeting with Women in Mind
International Women’s Day, March 8, marks a year from the start of widespread lockdowns in response…
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Preventing Changes to GILTI That Hurt Competitiveness
Before tax reform (the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (TCJA)), the United States employed a worldwide…
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A new policy to help the world’s poorest countries manage debt vulnerabilities
Countries eligible to borrow from the International Development Association (IDA)—the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries—entered the…
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The Great Divergence: A Fork in the Road for the Global Economy
As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to…
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Public and Private Money Can Coexist in the Digital Age
We value innovation and diversity—including in money. In the same day, we might pay by swiping…
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