COVID-19 is very much an urban disease. What does this mean for the world’s fastest urbanizing region, Africa? Lire cet article en français. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the interdependence and vulnerability of our world...

The post-pandemic world will be a less forgiving one, writes Professor Danny Leipziger on African debt distress in the wake of COVID-19. The Current Situation The global pandemic is a health crisis causing enormous human suffering and...

The international trading system has, at its core, one of the most meaningful pursuits of governments and industry: to raise standards of living across the globe by facilitating the free movement of people, resources, and opportunities. The...

.bubble-images, .bubble-images img { border-radius: 50%; } The Global Credit Crunch Friday, April 17 | 8:30 am (Singapore Time) In just four weeks, COVID-19 has thrown the credit markets into disarray. The US 10-year treasury yield dropped...

Amid the catastrophic effects caused by COVID-19, the collapse of small businesses remains one of the most worrisome. These firms, which account for 44% of the U.S. economy and two in three jobs, typically have only two weeks in cash...

.bubble-images, .bubble-images img { border-radius: 50%; } Capital and COVID-19 Monday, March 30, 2020 | 7:30 am PST Our latest conference call focused on the market implications of COVID-19. Moderated by Michael Piwowar, executive director...

COVID-19 is the world’s greatest public health crisis in over a century. In most global crises, the real economy is undermined, and solving the crisis means restarting the economy. Here, the world has been required to shut down much of its...

In November 2000, voters passed Proposition 301 in the state of Arizona. The initiative not only approved a 0.6 percent increase in the state’s sales tax earmarked for K-12 education, community college, and Arizona’s three public...

The COVID-19 outbreak is decimating the global economy with company shutdowns and soaring unemployment. But in its aftermath, the world must be ready to rebound quickly. Small business and government can jumpstart this recovery by taking...

Alaska is fortunate. Forty-three years ago, leaders had the foresight to create the Alaska Permanent Fund (Fund), thus establishing a permanent, renewable resource to benefit current and future generations of Alaskans. Over time the Fund...