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Blog Post
May 10, 2024
Here is a Mother’s Day shout-out to all the mothers working at international financial institutions (IFIs) around the world, and especially to mothers at the two banks I know best: the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, where I worked for a total of almost two decades with at least ...
May
9
2024
VIRTUAL
9:00—10:00 AM ET / 2:00-3:00 PM BST
April 30, 2024
What are useful ways to think about AI’s impact on jobs across and within countries? How should developing countries craft policies and promote worker skills, digital infrastructure, and regulation to realize AI’s potential and minimize its risks? How well prepared are developing countries to do thi...
Blog Post
April 09, 2024
It's spring in DC, which means it's time once again for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. Finance ministers, central bank governors, and other top officials from around the world gather to discuss the state of the world economy and the international financial architecture, and CGD's researchers ar...
Blog Post
March 29, 2024
The US foreign assistance data for FY 2022 is nearly complete, except for some missing Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Transportation data, and the data reveals some interesting trends. First, FY 2022 did not break the historical record of total obligations, but it came closer than any...
Apr
10
2024
VIRTUAL
12:00—1:15 PM ET / 5:00-6:15 PM BST
March 26, 2024
Join us for an enlightening conversation with Governors and Deputy Governors from Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Peru as they answer some of these questions: What strategies are central bankers employing to reach their inflation targets amidst these challenges? Are fiscal policies supporting the role ...
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...