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September 9, 2009

Global

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: The Great Inflation Debate

Watch Charles L. Evans, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, analyze the inflationary and deflationary pressures on the financial system today.

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March 13, 2023

Nigeria

What Now for the Igbo?

The Igbo political elite faces the challenge of transforming an unimpeachable moral argument into a winning political coalition.

A woman walks by a wall filled with colorful graffiti with a large portrait of Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

October 17, 2018

Women and Economic Growth

Banks around the world are cashing in on an untapped market — women. And it's transforming their lives.

Access to a bank account is transforming women's lives and boosting economies from Nigeria to Tanzania to Vietnam. Close to a billion women around the world can, if given the chance — and the financi…

An employee registers a customer for a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, inside the Safaricom mobile phone care center in Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2013.

Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World

September 15, 2022

Climate Change

Trouble Brewing for Coffee

Beware, coffee lovers: climate change could disrupt your precious morning cup of joe. Coffee beans could lose half of their farmable land by 2050 as temperatures and weather patterns become more extr…