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Metal prices surged 8.4% in June 2020, following a 3.7% rise in May, driven by a confluence of demand recovery in China and supply concerns in Latin America. However, prices are still 5.2% lower…

Wee Chian Koh, John Baffes|

Currently, the focus of our entire world is on COVID-19, flattening the curve and trying to find a vaccine for this global pandemic. Under these circumstances, it is critical to continue to shed a…

Craig Hammer, Leslie Ricketts, Niharika Hanglem|

In the context of rising public debt levels, debt transparency has become of critical importance for several reasons: creditors need to fully assess the debt sustainability of their potential…

Diego Rivetti|

The World Bank assigns the world’s economies to four income groups — low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries. The classifications are updated each year on July 1 and are based…

Umar Serajuddin, Nada Hamadeh|

With the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governments, policy makers, national and international organizations and researchers have focused all their attention on dealing with this…

Siddhesh Kaushik, Umar Serajuddin, Divyanshi Wadhwa|