Matteo Ghilardi: 4 books

Since 2014, large and persistent external shocks have hit the CCA region, particularly a slump in global commodity prices and slower growth in its key economic partners. Fiscal accommodation, along with currency adjustment, has helped the CCA mitigate the impact of the external shocks. However, amid...

This paper conducts a systematic growth and fiscal analysis to determine: (1) the growth potential of Benin’s ambitious scaling-up of investment, and (2) how the government can generate the necessary fiscal space needed to increase investment without jeopardizing Benin’s solid macroeconomic performance.

The Republic of Congo has seen dramatic improvement in its debt situation since 2010, following debt relief through the IMF and World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Countries/Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. Large oil revenues have allowed the country to boost spending and increase foreign exchange reserves....

La Roma dell’epoca moderna fu una realtà istituzionale, topografica, architettonica e culturale in sé creatrice e propagatrice: communis patria dei cristiani a fronte delle frammentazioni nazionali, linguistiche e etniche, delle specificità dei diversi ordini religiosi e dei plurimi retaggi storici...