World Bank Group President David Malpass discussed the Bank's new International Debt Statistics (IDS) report, published on Monday, showing the debt of low-income countries is 860 billion U.S. dollars, up 12 percent. Turning to vaccines, developing countries need 5 billion more doses to vaccinate...

World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke of the steps the Group is taking to provide unprecedented financing to help countries respond to the crisis. He expects to have COVID-19 (Coronavirus) related projects in one hundred countries. He thanked the shareholders for the capital and funding...

World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the recession in advanced economies that is less severe than had been feared, but in most developing economies, it has become a depression, especially for the poorest. The World Bank Group was able to launch health emergency programs in one...

World Bank Group President David Malpass said that while some countries are recovering, the pandemic is still taking a terrible toll, with poverty levels rising sharply. He highlighted on the health emergency response programs in one hundred twelve countries using a fast-track mechanism that is...

This book investigates the changing nature of economic policies following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. Well-respected, international scholars come together to discuss the level of economic growth following the crisis, concerns over inequality in industrialised countries, and labour...

Beginning with an assessment of new thinking in macroeconomics and monetary theory, this book suggests that many countries have adopted the New Consensus Monetary Policy since the early 1990s in an attempt to reduce inflation to low levels. It goes on to illustrate that the explicit control of...

The focus of this contribution is on financial stability and the extent to which proposed regulatory frameworks deal effectively to avoid financial instability. While microprudential financial stability has been in place prior to and since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), macroprudential...

1. The recent global crises and economic policies for future durable recovery -- 2. State capitalism, government and central bank responses to COVID-19 -- 3. Law and (un)sustainability in the age of the Anthropocene -- 4. Re-thinking macroeconomics after the COVID-19 pandemic -- 5. Productivity,...

This book investigates the changing nature of economic policies following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. Well-respected, international scholars come together to discuss the level of economic growth following the crisis, concerns over inequality in industrialised countries, and labour...