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Pandemic Requires Comprehensive Debt Standstills

Emerging-market economies must be allowed to defer all payments to international creditors — official and private — for at least one year.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a one-two financial punch for developing economies.

The Strategic Case for U.S. Climate Leadership: How Americans Can Win With a Pro-Market Solution

In the United States, the case for greater action on climate change is typically made on environmental grounds. But there are equally compelling economic, geopolitical, and national security rationales for the United States to lead the world on climate policy.

A Stronger IMF Will Bolster the US Recovery

All indications are that global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be a daunting challenge. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is already stepping up to help emerging markets and developing countries by approving several emergency loans.

A Call for Institutional Entrepreneurship

Beverly Barrett, PhD is policy program advisor and economics faculty at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Dr. Barrett is the author of Globalization and Change in Higher Education: The Political Economy of Policy Reform in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan). You may email her at [email protected]. This blog is a part of special series on the coronavirus.

Recovery Requires Greater Cooperation: Come Together

The coronavirus threatens thousands, possibly millions of lives across the globe. It is first and foremost a health crisis and the disease must be beaten, and the curve of Covid-19’s spread must be flattened for our lives to return to something approaching normalcy.

Fragmentation and Resiliency Will Be the Centerpieces of the International Order

Mark R. Yzaguirre is Senior Associate General Counsel and Associate Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs at the University of Houston. Opinions solely his own. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban is Using the Coronavirus to Push his Populist-Nationalist Agenda

Undoubtedly the coronavirus will bring transformational change to all aspects of our lives, but the impact on global politics will be dire. This week we got a glimpse into how populist-nationalist governments, which continue to be on the rise, will respond to the pandemic.

The Oil Collapse: A Pandemic and a Price War Have Together Brought Energy Markets to a Crisis

The global oil market has never in history collapsed as precipitously as it has right now. The oil and gas industry, which provides almost 60 percent of the world’s energy, is engulfed in a double crisis that would have been dismissed as unthinkable at the start of this year.

The Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Families, Small Businesses, and Communities

Diana Farrell, Fiona Greig, and Chris Wheat give insights from five years of big data research.

New Emerging Market Contagion Shakes Investor Complacency

Gary Kleiman is a recognized expert in the field of global emerging economies and financial markets. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.