The DRC's 2020 household survey reveals how VAT shapes everyday life--and fairness. Introduced in 2012, VAT offers stable revenue, yet multiple rates and exemptions mostly benefit higher-income ...

The Gaza ceasefire is a chance to cement and further expand Israel’s normalization with the rest of the Arab world.

Poland and other countries across Europe that found economic success in an era of collaboration are now facing a crumbling of ...

But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization.

Extreme weather events caused by planet-warming pollution can also create costly damage to homes, businesses, and ...

Global power demand will continue to grow rapidly over the next decade, jumping about 30% as electric vehicles, data centers ...

Thank you, President Lee Jae Myung, for the opportunity to share the IMF’s latest global economic outlook with APEC leaders, whose economies together represent about 61 percent of global GDP. As Korea ...

The federal government shutdown has already cost the US economy at least $18 billion this year, a figure that “will intensify ...

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, tried to divert attention from domestic problems by promoting the image of India as a ...

With no single dominant power waiting to take over from the US, the impacts of the next financial crisis could have ...

In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping ...

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people and compounded Lebanon's ...