In this article we are going to talk about the 30 Least Developed Countries in Africa in 2024. Over the previous 20 years, countries like Ethiopia and Rwanda saw average growth rates of 7.5%. However, ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 00/78 "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Issues and Policies." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in ...

Out of approximately 195 countries, there are 152 developing countries in the world. An estimated 6.74 billion people in total live in these developing countries; an outstanding number when comparing ...

Developing countries face significant challenges in achieving their primary goals of poverty alleviation, reducing unemployment, and minimizing inequality. It’s shocking that “GREEN” policymakers are ...

Economic uncertainty, intra-state conflict, and climate risks are rising around the world. Many global risks are reflected in the national-level fears of business leaders around the world. Economic ...

A recent report gauged the economic damage done by fishing fleets with shady track records in five vulnerable countries: Ecuador, Ghana, Peru, the Philippines, and Senegal. It found that these fleets’ ...

A chief lecturer and former deputy rector, Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), Lagos, Dr Omobayo Raheem, has attributed the inability of developing countries including Nigeria to effectively tap ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...