Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy ...
International Monetary Fund

A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...
Global Voices

Japanese pop culture is sexually explicit, but sex education is wanting

Japan’s challenge is to reconcile the desire to preserve creative and erotic expression with the need to ensure that public ...
International Monetary Fund

World Economic Outlook, October 2020: A Long and Difficult Ascent

The months after the release of the June 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update have offered a glimpse of how difficult rekindling economic activity will be while the pandemic surges. During May and ...