CGD in the News

IMF to consider loans for shocks for poor countries

October 31, 2005
Research fellow Todd Moss was interviewed in this Reuters article about the IMF's consideration of providing quick relief to poor countries hit by economic shocks.

From the article:

"Many low-income countries face considerable vulnerability to external shocks and the IMF has long ago identified this as a problem," said Todd Moss, a senior research fellow at the Washington-based Center for Global Development.

"We will have to see whether this time it will be different," he said.