
Rising debt, shrinking buffers: The fiscal challenge facing commodity exporters
For commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), recent years have delivered something more unsettling than the usual commodity

For commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), recent years have delivered something more unsettling than the usual commodity

Explaining comparative economic development requires identifying the causes of institutional change. This column uses AI to analyse 120 years

Direct evidence on the effects of financial sanctions remains limited. This column uses correspondent banking data to study how

What matters more for sovereign credit ratings – today’s debt or tomorrow’s deficits? This column explores how ratings weigh

Populism may not only have contemporary but also long-term effects on the macroeconomy. Using data for advanced economies and

Europe’s shrinking workforce is weighing on its productivity and welfare systems. Meanwhile, its southern Mediterranean neighbours currently produce growing

Prefunded pensions in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden pair income security with fiscal sustainability, but other EU countries need

Rising income inequality in Western high-income countries threatens democratic governance and social cohesion, and AI risks making it worse.

Interest in the role of cultural norms, institutions, and development has resurfaced in recent years especially post the 2024

Every year, governments and development organizations spend billions on business upgrading programs — training, mentorship, consulting — designed to

For commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), recent years have delivered something more unsettling than the usual commodity

Explaining comparative economic development requires identifying the causes of institutional change. This column uses AI to analyse 120 years

Direct evidence on the effects of financial sanctions remains limited. This column uses correspondent banking data to study how

What matters more for sovereign credit ratings – today’s debt or tomorrow’s deficits? This column explores how ratings weigh

Populism may not only have contemporary but also long-term effects on the macroeconomy. Using data for advanced economies and

Europe’s shrinking workforce is weighing on its productivity and welfare systems. Meanwhile, its southern Mediterranean neighbours currently produce growing

Prefunded pensions in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden pair income security with fiscal sustainability, but other EU countries need

Rising income inequality in Western high-income countries threatens democratic governance and social cohesion, and AI risks making it worse.

Interest in the role of cultural norms, institutions, and development has resurfaced in recent years especially post the 2024

Every year, governments and development organizations spend billions on business upgrading programs — training, mentorship, consulting — designed to




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