Strengthening the Financial Resilience of Pastoralists to Drought in Mali
According to the 2023 World Bank Economic Update for Mali, entitled “Strengthening Financial Resilience of Pastoralists to Drought,” Mali’s economy showed signs of resilience despite
Africa pursues free trade amid global fragmentation
Defying the trend toward deglobalization and economic fragmentation, African nations are uniting to form a free trade area. The project promises to offer the rest
Multilateral lending: powering global economic resilience amid uncertainties
The global pandemic of 2020-2022 had truly unprecedented consequences. Along with other crises, such as the war in Ukraine, it plunged the global economy into
Does COVID-19-related debt affect government expenditure on education?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on economies worldwide, with many countries experiencing negative GDP growth in 2020 and downgraded growth forecasts for 2021
Globalisation and automation as sources of labour-market competition, and support for European Union unemployment insurance
Societies and economies are experiencing deep and intertwined structural changes that may unsettle the perceptions European citizens have of their economic and employment security. Such
Adapting the European Union AI Act to deal with generative artificial intelligence
When the European Commission in April 2021 proposed an AI Act to establish harmonised EU-wide harmonised rules for artificial intelligence, the draft law might have
Information sharing, access to finance, and jobs
Credit information sharing is seen as a critical policy tool to overcome market frictions and inefficiencies. Examinging the change in the reporting threshold of Brazil’s
AI and the paperclip problem
Philosophers have speculated that an AI tasked with a task such as creating paperclips might cause an apocalypse by learning to divert ever-increasing resources to
The importance of anticipating climate change
Raising awareness about climate change is important for support and action, but the effects of anticipating its impact are still unclear. This column introduces a
Corporate credit and leverage in the EU: A long-term view
Assessing changes in private leverage is essential for maintaining macro-financial stability. This column examines EU corporate credit and leverage trends and reveals a significant decline
