From satellite imagery to clandestine price reports, a new study draws on North Korea to explore economic activity in opaque regimes and information-scarce regions. North Korea is the blackest of ...
TO GRASP THE stakes of economic growth, start with the arithmetic of compounding. Over two generations an economy growing at about 1% a year will not even double in size; one growing at 7% will expand ...
KALPANA KOCHHAR is director of development policy and finance at the Gates Foundation. Opinions expressed in articles and other materials are those of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect IMF ...