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Blog Post
March 26, 2024
There was a very disappointing development at the IMF Executive Board earlier this month—the postponement of a formal decision on whether special drawing rights (SDRs) could be recycled to the hybrid capital scheme proposed by two multilateral development banks (MDBs), the African Development Bank (...
Apr
2
2024
HYBRID
Washington, DC
3:30—4:30 PM ET / 8:30-9:30 PM GMT
March 06, 2024
This year is the 80th anniversary of the IMF, and the institution continues to evolve with a changing world. In this conversation, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will reflect on lessons learned from previous evolutions of the IMF, and look forward to new challenges and how the IMF can respon...
Mar
19
2024
VIRTUAL
3:30—5:00 PM CEST
March 18, 2024
In September, the United Nations will hold the 'Summit of the Future'. This summit will debate, inter alia, the reform of global economic governance, lasting solutions on debt relief, lowering costs of sovereign borrowing, and an inclusive and equitable global tax architecture. Furthermore, the Braz...
Blog Post
March 18, 2024
Against the odds, a plucky little IMF engine—the Resilience and Sustainability Trust, or RST—has won plaudits for its efforts to support countries formulating policies to tackle climate change. It has taken up the challenge with only $30 billion as firepower, against the trillions needed from all ...
POLICY PAPERS
March 18, 2024
The IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) has been operational for over a year, with the first seventeen countries receiving commitments of financial support. But if lending from the RST is to achieve its objectives, the IMF should make it fitter for purpose by taking a radically different...
CGD NOTES
March 15, 2024
The November guidance on RSF seems to have addressed some of the shortcomings observed in the initial RSF programs. However, as we highlight in this note, other deficiencies remain unresolved and require attention from the IMF’s Executive Board during the upcoming RSF review.
Blog Post
March 14, 2024
Since the absorption of the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, there has been a clear pattern in the fortunes of the development function of the department, every decision taken made the UK’s development function worse: less impactful, less effi...
Blog Post
February 27, 2024
In the UK context the main discussion of UK development policy amid all of these headwinds has been around the current government’s new ‘white paper’, which seeks to set UK development policy to 2030 and tried to be cross-party. That said, it could have a very short shelf life as presumably any inco...
Blog Post
February 19, 2024
One of the few silver linings from Brexit for the UK has been the increase in non-EU migration. But this has led to renewed concerns about a “brain drain”, the notion that the exodus of skilled workers from poorer countries will leave them unable to meet their own development goals. Yet these concer...
Feb
27
2024
VIRTUAL
9:00—10:30 AM EDT | 2:00pm – 3:30pm GMT
February 13, 2024
Join the Center for Global Development and E3G for a comprehensive discussion on the IMF’s role in the climate issues confronting its emerging market and developing member countries. Panelists will delve into the multifaceted role of the IMF concerning climate-related matters. Questions surrounding ...