Claer Barrett and Lucy Warwick-Ching discuss covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money, and columnist James Max reveals that his biggest problem during the lockdown has been keeping his house clean without his regular cleaner. 

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World leaders call for an urgent debt moratorium and unprecedented health and economic aid packages

Experience with other outbreaks could compensate for poor healthcare infrastructure

President urged to secure rescue deal as economy ‘on verge of collapse’

Middle-income countries plead for assistance as investors face pressure to negotiate

An attempt to solve Africa’s poverty riddle

Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

Century-old agriculture lender is latest state group in need of government support

Coronavirus package aims to protect economy and fend off looming hunger crisis

Violence surges as sector faces headwinds from oil price crash and coronavirus 

Coronavirus hit to global economy depletes vital source of finance for poor nations

Five-week shutdown to be eased stage by stage according to a series of rolling levels  

Pandemic could set back the fight against malaria by 20 years, with Africa hit worst

Local drug research and joined-up thinking are needed to deliver results on the ground

Continent has limited confirmed virus fatalities but experts warn it is too early to draw conclusions

Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple

IMF and other international institutions cannot lend to Harare because of debt arrears

Secret burials, overflowing hospitals and dead MPs, as president takes refuge in home village

Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV

How much sleep do we need to get the most out of our waking hours?

Are women more committed than men when it comes to getting to the office?

Newer employees like their appraisals upfront and often

Putting women on boards was just the first step

Wales is getting it right on job creation if you ask me and Aston Martin

Other people’s working lives are endlessly interesting — always something to learn

Everything from what you wear to your posture plays a role in how impressions are formed

One says employees want to be untethered while the other believes they dream of buying a home

Artisans provide antidote to today’s frenzied lifestyle

Olga Zoutendijk’s appointment as chair of ABN Amro is a landmark, and the bank is better for it

Debate: One says youthful staff want to remain in the EU, the other fears apathy

You will not keep a diverse workforce unless its members feel they are fully part of the organisation

Debating about whether it is ever OK to become emotional in the office

We need to do more to get the disabled into work

Adding a sporting dimension to your career can be therapeutic

Stable, extroverted, agreeable people tend to like their jobs, irrespective of their salaries

From Muscat to Madeira, the best — and best-value — tipples for the festive season

‘Descours and his team have put ‘Charles Heidsieck’ back in the champagne mainstream’

I am guilty of shying away from the off-piste section of a wine list. I hereby resolve to be more adventurous

How Carlo Ferrini went from top consultant to being awarded winemaker of the year three times

A retrospective tasting of Jean-Marie Guffens’ exceptionally nervy creations suggests so

‘Minerality is a character that has nothing to do with anything fruity, veggy, oaky, flowery or spicy’

‘The wines are delightfully ripe but they also have an admirable spine of acidity and tannin’

Don’t be snobbish about wine in cans, pouches or cartons. Glass bottles have a far higher carbon footprint

The FT’s wine columnist reveals her favourite clubs, cellars and bars in the capital

‘These long-lived wines need time in bottle to soften and become truly appealing; the best examples can continue to improve for decades’

Producers have made impressive progress in a country where consumption per capita is heroic

The family has been making fine wine in Napa Valley for four generations

Since people are no longer paying restaurant margins, some reason they can spend a bit more at home

Death toll falls in part because of sharp decline in New York state

Commerce department investigation could lead to new tariffs on transformer parts