Tag Archives | Developing Countries

  • Can Universal Basic Income End Poverty in Developing Countries?

    Developing countries need monetary financing

    Originally published: JOMO on November 1, 2022 (more by JOMO)  |

    Developing countries have long been told to avoid borrowing from central banks (CBs) to finance government spending. Many have even legislated against CB financing of fiscal expenditure.

  • World map (updated in 2019) showing advanced, in transition, less and least developed countries. (Photo: Wikimedia)

    IMF, World Bank must support developing countries’ recovery

    Originally published: JOMO on April 5, 2021 by Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (more by JOMO)  |

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll, wiping away years of modest and uneven progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).