Regions

Africa's Fragile States Are Greatest Climate Change Casualties

August 30, 2023

Jihad Azour, Abebe Aemro Selassie

International partners must support the continent’s most vulnerable countries to adapt to extreme weather—or spillovers could become more disruptive

Monetary policy

African Currencies Are Under Pressure Amid Higher-for-Longer US Interest Rates

May 15, 2023

Laurent Kemoe, Moustapha Mbohou Mama, Hamza Mighri, Saad Quayyum

Weaker currencies make the fight to curb inflation harder given the region’s dependence on imports

Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Needs Better Regulations

November 22, 2022

Habtamu Fuje, Saad Quayyum, Tebo Molosiwa

The risks from crypto assets are evident—it’s time to regulate

Africa’s Inflation Among Region’s Most Urgent Challenges

October 20, 2022

Marijn Bolhuis, Peter Kovacs

Tackling inflation while supporting growth and protecting the vulnerable warrants careful and vigilant monetary policy tightening

Africa Food Prices Are Soaring Amid High Import Reliance

September 27, 2022

Cedric Okou, John Spray, D. Filiz Unsal

Factors include the region’s heavy reliance on food imports and changes in food consumption and incomes.

Inclusive growth

Africa’s Rapid Economic Growth Hasn’t Fully Closed Income Gaps

September 21, 2022

Habtamu Fuje, Jiaxiong Yao

Despite decades of rapid growth, regional inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa persist.

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