Back to Basics
Last updated: June 15, 2023
Finance and Development’s Back to Basics series explains fundamental economic concepts for a general audience. More than 70 articles and videos focus on relevant topics making the headlines and provide a better understanding of how economic issues can affect our daily lives.
Articles
- Resilient Remittances
- Subsidy Wars
- Price Prediction
- What Is Sovereign Debt?
- What Are Stablecoins?
- Digital Money 101
- The Stretch of Supply Chains
- Value-Added Tax Continues to Expand
- What are Global Public Goods?
- What is Mitigation vs. Adaptation?
- Risk and Return: The Search for Yield
For all of the Back to Basics articles, click here.
Videos
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About F&D
Finance & Development is the IMF's flagship magazine and online editorial platform with cutting-edge analysis and insight from IMF staff members and international experts. Click here to see the latest edition along with a complete archive on eLibrary or the Web edition on IMF.org.