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663 - Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook
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  • 663 - Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook

    With sub-Saharan Africa soon to have one of the largest working-age populations in the world, removing barriers to business growth and encouraging higher productivity industries will help provide the employment opportunities it needs. But reforms don’t come easy. Wenjie Chen and Andrew Tiffin are economists in the IMF’s Africa Department and produce the Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. In this podcast, they say addressing development needs while realizing reforms that create sufficient jobs will help garner public support and improve regional prospects.

     Transcript: bit.ly/4fqMdwQ

     Read the full report at IMF.org

    Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - 21min
  • 662 - Global Financial Stability: Financial Markets Navigate Uncertainty

    As inflation and interest rates continue to decline and the likelihood of a recession slowly fades, financial markets have seen big equity gains. But the latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) warns of several factors that could upend the recovery, including the apparent disconnect between market buoyancy and heightened uncertainty, especially related to geopolitical risks. Jason Wu and Nassira Abbas lead the IMF’s work on financial stability. In this podcast, they say while the near-term risks appear contained, medium-term prospects remain a concern.

    Transcript: https://bit.ly/48cGMyV

    Read the full report at IMF.org/GFSR

    Tue, 22 Oct 2024 - 18min
  • 661 - The Case for a Global Corporate Minimum Tax: Cory Hillier, Shafik Hebous

    While 21st-century globalization and international trade dramatically changed how multinational corporations operate, the way they are taxed is largely based on early 20th-century thinking. Recent efforts by the OECD and the UN to modernize the international corporate tax system include a minimum corporate tax to make it more equitable. The IMF has also joined the effort by providing its expertise on global tax policy. Senior counsel Cory Hillier and senior economist Shafik Hebous are coauthors of recent research that seeks to strengthen the impact of a corporate minimum tax. 

    Transcript: https://bit.ly/47YwFhb

    Thu, 10 Oct 2024 - 22min
  • 660 - Yuval Noah Harari on Human Evolution and the AI Revolution

    Stories can unify or divide but our ability to imagine them is uniquely human. Cooperation and trust, built through shared stories and narratives, are the foundation of human societies and economies. So what happens when humans no longer hold the pen? Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author of several books on human evolution, including Sapiens, and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. In this podcast, Harari says artificial intelligence is a risk to humankind's most valuable resource, trust.  

    Transcript: https://bit.ly/4dvy3Jb

    Find his books at ynHarari.com 

    Tue, 01 Oct 2024 - 31min
  • 659 - Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation

    With all the instability within the Middle East and North Africa region of late, Egypt has nonetheless managed to reign in soaring inflation and win its largest-ever foreign investment. Egypt’s efforts to restore macroeconomic stability in recent years have led to an arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility for Egypt, which makes available US$820 million to help support its reform agenda. Ivanna Vladkova Hollar leads the IMF’s work in Egypt. In this podcast, she says that while stabilizing its economy is positive, Egypt’s next big step is an economic transformation that will lift its private sector.

    Transcript: https://bit.ly/4efXuzH

    Learn more about the IMF’s work in Egypt at IMF.org/Egypt

    Wed, 25 Sep 2024 - 20min
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