Three additional climate disasters annually, over a five-year period, can be associated with about a 1% increase in people leaving their homes in the Caribbean, Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. Read our Country Focus ➡️ https://t.co/jpFlZ7Ntee
Happy to share that our paper "The Macroeconomic Impact of Social Unrest" (with @lucaricci2010 and @HadziVaskov ) has been accepted for publication in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. A summary of the WP version can be found in the tweet below: https://t.co/Pumy6PQ64w
"Authorities' Fiscal Forecasts in #LatAm: Are They Optimistic?" by @HadziVaskov Luca A. Ricci (IMF), A. Werner (Peterson Institute for International Economics) and Nayib R. Zamarripa (Univ.of California, Irvine) forthcoming paper for @EconomiaJournal: https://t.co/crcJvKMWlB
The Caribbean, Central America, Panama, the Dominican Republic, along with Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay & Uruguay—are less diversified and rely more on imports, making them more susceptible to inflation. Read our Country Focus. https://t.co/QE2olPWUbT
Smaller economies in Latin America and the Caribbean face high public debt levels, leaving them with less room in government budgets and fewer policy options at their disposal to fight inflation. Our Country Focus explains. https://t.co/QE2olPWUbT
🔵 #HOY | Los invitamos a participar en la Presentación del Artículo IV del @FMInoticias para Guatemala
🗓️Viernes 29 de julio
⏰9:30 A.M.
🔗 https://t.co/XgzYSM2yT0
#ArticuloIV
El @captacdr celebró virtualmente su XIV Reunión del #ComitéDeDirección, donde se presentaron los resultados del AF22 y el programa de trabajo del AF23.
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP16494
Understanding Chile’s Social Unrest in an International Perspective
Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov @HadziVaskov@IMFNews, Luca Antonio Ricci @IMFNews
https://t.co/iqYM9VdDlU
#CEPR_DE
Economic analysis can shine a revealing light on the causes and consequences of social unrest, according to a new #FandD article. https://t.co/kitUhXpSPc
The IMF’s Board of Governors approved a new general allocation of SDRs equivalent to US$650 billion. Managing Director @KGeorgieva says it’s a historic decision reached at a time of unprecedented crisis. Read more: https://t.co/x8KCBR7G3l
@TheEconomist quotes our recent paper (with @spienk80 and @lucaricci2010) on assessing the macroeconomic impact of social unrest in its latest issue. https://t.co/CwxFysbklx
Public protests can be an important expression of the need to change policy. Governments need to listen and respond, but also try to anticipate people’s needs with policies to give everyone a fair shot at prosperity. More on #IMFBlog. https://t.co/dwDzClZ5CS
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP16276
Authorities’ Fiscal Forecasts in Latin America: Are They Optimistic?
Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov @HadziVaskov@IMFNews, Luca Antonio Ricci, Alejandro Werner @IMFNews, Rene Zamarripa @ucisocsci@UCIrvine
https://t.co/DN3wcVAcI2
#CEPR_MG, #CEPR_PE