A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...

Jeanne Gobat is a Senior Economist in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Opinions expressed in articles and other materials are those of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect ...

Inflation measures how much more expensive a set of goods and services has become over a certain period, usually a year Ceyda Oner is a deputy division chief in the IMF’s Finance Department. Opinions ...