Finance & Development, March 2016
- From the Editor: Population Pressures
- People in Economics: The Challenger
- Demographic Upheaval: The world will struggle with population growth, aging, migration, and urbanization
- Older and Smaller: The fiscal consequences of shrinking and aging populations threaten advanced and emerging market economies alike
- She Is The Answer: Women can help offset the problems of an aging population and a shrinking workforce
- Age and Inflation: Baby boomers drove down inflation when they joined the workforce and will drive it up as they retire
- Surf the Demographic Wave: Sub-Saharan Africa could reap significant benefits from its growing population—if the transition is well managed
- Currency Notes: Bowie Bucks - Municipalities and neighborhood organizations establish local currencies to invigorate their communities
- Straight Talk: Preparing the Ground - China’s quest for sustainable growth calls for bold fiscal reforms
- El Niño: Good Boy or Bad? - El Niño has important effects on the world’s economies—and not all of them are bad
- $30 a Barrel: Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa must adjust to low oil prices
- A Move South: A growing number of large resource finds are in the developing world, reflecting growing openness in their economies
- The Signal and the Noise: Reflections on communication by a former Reserve Bank of India governor
- Opening Up to Inequity: After countries remove restrictions on capital flows, inequality often gets worse
- Trade Turbulence: China’s transition to a new growth path is contributing to trade volatility today and will shape trade opportunities tomorrow
- The Truth about Banks: Banks create new money when they lend, which can trigger and amplify financial cycles
- To Plug the Gaps: The postcrisis effort to identify and address missing information about the global economy heads into its second phase
- Book Reviews
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Older and Smaller: The fiscal consequences of shrinking and aging populations threaten advanced and emerging market economies alike
- International Monetary Fund. Communications Department
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- March 2016

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