Redundant since 2019: The 12th ministerial conference fails to revive WTO Appellate Body

Reappointment of judges to the appellate body stopped in 2017 

Global economy’s weakest half-decade performance in 30 years likely by end of 2024, warns World Bank

Calls for $2.4 trillion increase in investment by developing countries for course correction

Global forest product industries recover from recession

India emerges one of the top five forest products consuming countries

COVID-19: $2.5 tln needed by developing countries to weather economic crisis, says report

Debts of $1 trillion owed by developing countries needs to be cancelled

COVID-19 impact pushes India’s $5 trillion dream 3 yrs farther

Policymakers must focus equally on all 3 sectors: Agriculture, industry, services

Nigeria has just hiked interest rates: Why it’s the wrong recipe for curbing inflation

Hike would lead to an increase in the value of the Naira through what’s called “Carry Trade”

Inflation is rising in Kenya: Here’s why, and how to fix it

Politicians eyeing Kenya’s 9 August polls have been offering solutions in exchange for votes  

It is a global recession with economic growth among lowest in four decades

Inequalities, lack of uniform growth among countries making global economic recovery difficult, shows UN’s Trade and Development …

Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global …

India’s deep economic paralysis just set in

Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India enters into a situation that currently looks unimaginably distressed.

What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?

The yield curve is a graph showing the relationship between interest rates earned on lending money for different durations

IIM fee hike: What are the consequences

Fee hike in unregulated IIMs and the lack of it in regulated institutions elucidate a grave concern. Did the autonomy play a significant role in …

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt burden increased to a record $789 billion in 2021, highest since 2010

Low economic growth, skyrocketing inflation, the Ukraine war, massive debts and climate change increased the region’s dependancy on private …

Almost 60% of Africa’s low-income countries in debt distress: UNCTAD

Ghana and Tunisia are in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency loans

COVID-19: The world is staring at a recession — the first to be driven by a pandemic

The novel coronavirus disease and measures to contain outbreaks can shrink the global economy by 5.2%; that would be the 4th-…

COVID-19: Global recession, unmatched in 80 yrs, currently underway, says World Bank analysis

The average developing economy is less well placed to respond to a global downturn now than before the 2009 global recession  

COVID-19: 400 mln jobs lost in Q2 2020, says ILO

Job losses up 400% in Africa, Asia since first 3 months; working hours lower than estimates