April 9, 2018
On the G20 Eminent Persons Group “Update”: I’m Disappointed but Still Hopeful
I’m disappointed by the update. But I’m also hopeful. Here are three concrete issues that the group could raise regarding the MDBs.
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September 28, 2009
Mismatch between Newly Inclusive G-20 and Limited Changes at the IMF and World Bank
The big headline from Pittsburgh was the G-20 officially becoming the recognized grouping on “global economic issues”, eclipsing forever the nearly four-decade role of the G-7/8.
September 10, 2009
Birdsall Urges Pittsburgh G-20 Summit to Prepare for Next Global Crisis
CGD president Nancy Birdsall urged the United States to exercise leadership at the upcoming G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in a speech today at the Center for Global Development.
August 26, 2009
The G-20: An Idea from India
This post originally appeared as a column in India's Business Standard.
June 22, 2009
U.S. Congress Takes Critical Step to Unlock $1 Trillion for Developing Countries Coping with Crisis
The U.S. House and Senate passed the $105.9 billion war supplemental last week, which includes $5 billion to secure $108 billion in additional lending by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Congress’s approval for increased IMF lending supports President Obama’s G20 commitments and paves the way to unlock the $1 trillion (mostly contributions from other high-income countries) for emerging and developing countries coping with the economic crisis.
April 2, 2009
G-20 Pledge $1 Trillion for Developing Country Crisis Response
Leaders from more than 20 major nations announced Thursday (see the Communiqué) that they would make available an additional $1 trillion through the International Monetary Fund and other institutions to help developing countries cope with the global economic crisis.
March 31, 2009
At The G-20 Summit, Nothing for Africa
Five years after Africa was centerstage at a meeting of the G7 heads of state in Gleneagles, it has all but vanished from the priorities of policymakers from the rich and emerging economies. At the G20 Summit in London this week, heads of state will debate new resources for the IMF, in the range of $250 billion. But these resources will likely be deposited in the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) facility, which will be far too expensive and out of reach of most African countries.
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