IMF researchers show that satellite data, especially nighttime lights combined with machine learning can reliably estimate ...

Venezuela is a failed Petrostate – crippled by inherent distortions of a one-dimensional economy. Rebuilding a "new and improved" Petrostate is destined to fail (again).

A fiscal crisis – sometimes called a sovereign debt crisis – is a sharp economic shock or downturn caused or sparked by high ...

The Independent Zimbabwe’s deeply controversial land reform programme – widely seen as a “failure” characterised by violence ...

Iran’s crypto activity accelerated in 2025, a new report says, driven by civilians and state actors turning to Bitcoin during periods of unrest.

The BRICS push for de-dollarization, fueled by geopolitical risks, underscores this: Gold isn't a "barbarous relic"; it's the ...

Trump's high-growth push - fuelled by stimulus, deregulation and rate cuts - may heat up the US economy but risks persistent inflation and financial instability ...

Small-denomination coins, which have had a love-hate relationship with Ghana’s informal economy are in the spotlight again ...

US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social declaration, imposing an “immediate” 25 percent tariff on any nation “doing business” with the Islamic Republic, represents a radical shift from targeting ...

Zimbabwe's deeply controversial land reform programme - widely seen as a "failure" characterised by violence and economic ...

The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro at the beginning of the month has, in many ways, raised more questions than answers, according to local experts on the region who recently gathered at a ...

Khameer Kidia argues for a shift in the field from the reductively biological to the expansively social and political ...