By Dominique J. Baker, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Judith Scott-Clayton, Lesley J. TurnerIn the coming months, the U.S. Department of Education will consider changes to regulations affecting which colleges can provide...

By Esther Lee Rosen, David BatcheckThe past year, we have witnessed widening economic and social disparities and inequities and increasing concentration of poverty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021,...

As the new year begins, Japan’s domestic and foreign policy agenda is full. Combatting the protracted COVID-19 pandemic remains the top priority for the new Kishida administration. The implementation of...

By Yun SunThe November FOCAC Ministerial Meeting in Dakar adopted four documents: The Dakar Action Plan (2022–2024); the 2035 Vision for China-Africa Cooperation; the Sino-African Declaration on Climate Change; and...

By Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti What does the External Wealth of Nations (EWN) measure? The EWN provides estimates of each country’s external financial assets and liabilities. These data also yield estimates...

By Yan Liu, Zenia Ann Rogatschnig, Harald Jedlicka, Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Richard RecordAlmost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions are being felt acutely by producers and consumers around...

By Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti We have posted the full update to end-2020 of the External Wealth of Nations database, covering 212 economies, plus the euro area and the Eastern Caribbean...

By Ilan Goldfajn, Eduardo Levy YeyatiFor governments in the Latin America region, the COVID-19 crisis has compounded a series of preexisting social, economic, and health issues, which has heaped further...

By Ilan Goldfajn, Eduardo Levy Yeyati

By Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, David DollarGian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, senior fellow with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary policy, joins David Dollar to discuss his recent article on what he...