Rethinking and Reforming the IMF

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The IMF’s New Resilience and Sustainability Trust: Demystifying the Debate over Upper Credit Tranche Conditionality

David Andrews
and
Mark Plant
December 22, 2021
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How in the World Are We Going to Track the World’s SDRs?
Mark Plant
November 17, 2021
With the allocation of $650 billion of IMF special drawing rights (SDRs), the global economy has, in the words of the IMF’s Managing Director, been given a financial shot in the arm. One question that naturally follows is whether the injection has done any good?
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What Do Middle-Income Countries Want from the IMF as They Look to Recover from the Pandemic?
Mark Plant
and
Liliana Rojas-Suarez
November 01, 2021
After more than a year of grappling with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many middle-income countries (MICs) will continue to experience health and economic dislocation for some time to come. While much of the global financial community’s attention has focused on supporting low-income...
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Rechanneling SDRs to MDBs: Urgent Action Is Needed to Jumpstart the Green Equitable Transition
David Andrews
and
Mark Plant
October 12, 2021
With the recent allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs)—a reserve asset issued by the IMF—to help countries weather the economic effects of the pandemic, the international discussion has shifted to ways to rechannel a portion of the SDRs that were allocated to high-income economies. The focus ha...