Release Date:April, 2023

The global food crisis remains a major challenge. Food insecurity fueled by widely experienced increases in the cost of living has become a growing concern especially in low-income countries, even if more...

Release Date:September, 2022

Russia's war in Ukraine has exacerbated food insecurity that had already been on the rise for half a decade. Low-income countries are affected the most. This note suggests that the food and more...

Author/Editor: Bjoern Rother, Gaelle Pierre, Davide Lombardo, Risto Herrala, Priscilla Toffano, Erik Roos, Allan G Auclair, Karina Manasseh.

Release Date:September, 2016

In recent decades, the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has experienced more frequent and severe conflicts than in any other region of the world, exacting a devastating human toll. The more...

Author/Editor: Bjoern Rother, Ivetta Hakobyan, Monica Baumgarten de Bolle.

Release Date:August, 2006

The paper examines the evolution of public sector debt levels and structures in 12 emerging market countries around the time of financial crises. In particular, it focuses on whether the debt more...