Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets
Ishac Diwan, Vera Songwe
August 20, 2024
NAIROBI – The recent protests in Kenya reflect the frustrated aspirations of young people for higher-quality social services and
Where Is the Global South’s Rescue Brigade?
Vera SongweApril 3, 2023
By Vera Songwe WASHINGTON, DC – Over the last few months, a G7 economy (the United Kingdom), a midsize US bank (Silicon Valley
The Global Climate-Finance Challenge
and Amar Bhattacharya, Nicholas Stern, Vera SongweDecember 13, 2022
By Vera Songwe, Nicholas Stern, and Amar Bhattacharya LONDON – The dust has now settled after the United Nations Climate Change
The Financial System Africa Needs
Vera SongweJuly 18, 2022
By Vera Songwe ADDIS ABABA – For African economies that have yet to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine could
The COP26 Africa Needs
Akinwumi A. Adesina, and Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Vera SongweNovember 8, 2021
By Akinwumi A. Adesina, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Vera Songwe, and Ibrahim Assane Mayaki ABIDJAN – Almost two years into the COVID-19