Already facing huge development needs, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the challenges facing fragile and conflict states—a group of currently about 40 countries trapped in

Paul Taylor, global head of financial institutions for global transaction services at Bank of America, tells The Banker’s Kimberley Long the demands of FIs are

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The global economic recovery continues, but with a widening gap between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies. Our latest global growth forecast

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Simon Bumfrey, Head of Relationship Banking Europe at Silicon Valley Bank speaks to The Banker’s Marie Kemplay about how the banking and funding needs of

NPR’s Noel King talks to Heather Boushey, senior economic adviser to President Biden, about how the pandemic is impeding America’s economic recovery, and how vaccinations

Given the ebbs and flows of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund’s assessment of the state of the global economy has changed little over

Low-income countries have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their large financing needs are only likely to grow as they deal with the crisis and