Global Economic Prospects are key factors to the overall financial outlook of the global economy. There are multiple groups that contribute reports to the world relative to how the economy is progressing. Most reports include information regarding the GDP, GNP, inflation rates, interest rates, unemp...

In recent years, as awareness of globalization has entered the mainstream, a variety of tomes examining the detrimental effects of this process have emerged. While some of the literature is strictly intended for a scholarly audience, many books have been published with the general reader in mind. ...

Globalization is a topic that when it is spoken about can cause some very heated conversations as to its effects. Some believe that globalization is the best way for countries to survive on world markets. Yet still many would say by pushing towards globalization we would be hindering the autonomy of...

"Debt repayments divert money away from basic life-saving health care in the world's poorest countries. The UN estimates that if funds were diverted back into health and education from debt repayment, the lives of seven million children a year could be saved. That is 134,000 children a week.&...

Bolivia, as we know it today, is one of the poorest nations of the world, but it is not located in Africa or Indonesia, it is in the middle of South America. Bolivia was, in Colonial times, one of the richest nations in the World. So how can this wealthy nation have fallen so hard in such a shor...

Question One: Paying particular attention to the World Bank and the IMF, explain the context in which they evolved and their respective roles in regulating the international economy. The International Monetary Fund, also known as the IMF was conceived at the United Nations (UN) conference in Brett...