Some female leaders handled covid and other crises very well Katie Tyner and Farida Jalalzai - December 20, 2022 What made these leaders effective? We interviewed politicians, journalists, doctors and others in New Zealand and Iceland to find out.
Janet Yellen will be the first female treasury secretary in U.S. Why are so few women in top economic posts? Ha Eun Choi, Cristina Bodea, and Andrew Kerner - February 9, 2021 Here’s why the coronavirus pandemic might change that
The coronavirus has thrown Italy into an economic crisis. The European Union may follow. Lucia Quaglia and Manuela Moschella - March 25, 2020 We’re about to see what happens to the E.U. when a core member has untreated double pneumonia
Governments haven’t managed to reduce greenhouse gases. Here’s who’s taking charge in the next phase. Jeff D. Colgan - February 17, 2020 An uncertain climate future makes investors nervous.
Obama once said that if women ran the world, there’d be less war Abigail S. Post - December 22, 2019 Here’s what the research says.
The International Monetary Fund will select a new director. Here’s what you need to know. Alexander Kentikelenis - September 2, 2019 Christine Lagarde’s resignation has sparked an unconventional race.
Tunisia’s government is stuck between its own workers and the IMF. What’s next? Ian Hartshorn - January 18, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82807" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Workers across Tunisia are on strike
Will Donald Trump get to pick the next president of the World Bank? Maybe not. Geoffrey Gertz - January 10, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82376" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Jim Yong Kim, president of the
Did the IMF actually ease up on structural adjustment? Here’s what the data say. Thomas Stubbs, Lawrence King, and Alexander Kentikelenis - June 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41400" align="alignnone" width="960"] Protesters in the northern Greek port
The euro is an experiment in making a currency without a government. That's why it's in trouble. Henry Farrell - June 28, 2015 The European Union appears to be on the brink of