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From the St Louis Fed-- this post authored by Ana Maria Santacreu, Senior Economist; and Jesse LaBelle, Research Associate

Preparing the Malaysian private sector to compete at the highest level Image As it prepares for high-income nationhood, enhancing productivity and innovation has become key to Malaysia’s economic future With more than a year into the pandemic, there is still some good news: Malaysia’s goal of achieving high income nation status while delayed, can still be achieved. However, with rising debt burdens, the available fiscal space is scarce over the medium term, and the post-pandemic recovery will need to be more heavily driven by the private sector. This situation puts the private sector unde...

Who: Convened by the African Union Commission Department of Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining, the meeting will bring together African Ministers of Finance, Economic Planning and Integration and Central Bank Governors. Other participants including among others, Regional Economic Communities, AU Organs and Specialized Agencies, development partners, civil societies and the private sector. Background The African Union Commission Specialised Technical Committees (STC) on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration is the leading Conference for African ministers re...

A first-of-its-kind collaborative funding initiative, The Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains, has launched, bringing together corporate investors, foundations,...

Foreign direct investment can help global value chain integration Photo: Nyani Quarmyne (Panos)/ IFC Global Value Chains (GVCs) have boosted productivity growth and structural transformation in many developing countries, by allowing them to specialize in certain activities and stages of production rather than waiting for entire industries to develop. GVCs encompass a myriad of firm-to-firm relationships through investment, trade, people, technology, and information flows. GVCs benefit from policy makers’ capacity to create a conducive environment for attracting foreign direct investment (...