International Financial Institutions

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Putting the American into the Inter-American Development Bank
Amanda Glassman et al.
June 18, 2020
In a surprise move Tuesday, the US Treasury announced its intention to nominate Mauricio Claver-Carone to the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a role traditionally held by a citizen of a borrowing member country from the region.
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New SDRs? That Pesky 85 Percent Approval

Nancy Birdsall
May 19, 2020
Last week Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sent a letter signed by hundreds of lawmakers from 40 countries to the heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, urging them to greatly increase the access of developing countries to financial assistance. They&nbs...
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What Next in the International Financial Response to the COVID-19 Crisis?
Masood Ahmed
May 06, 2020
Following on from the recently convened meetings of the IMF and World Bank, Masood Ahmed lays out a two track agenda for the COVID-19 financial response.
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Making the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights Work for COVID-19 Economic Relief
Mark Plant
May 06, 2020
Many prominent people have advocated that the IMF undertake an “SDR allocation” to assist countries in dealing with the global financial crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. If IMF shareholders show some leadership and bureaucratic flexibility, there are ways to allay the American gov...