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The global economic context preceding the meetings was bleak. The IMF downgraded the global GDP growth for 2025 to 2.8 ...
Imagine trying to build a seawall with a leaky bucket while a storm rages overhead. That’s the daily struggle for least ...
Despite hopeful tones, this year's World Bank meetings were light on climate ambitions. Plus, Brazil’s forest ambitions and ...
Beyond the Trump administration, the IMF and the World Bank must remember their other stakeholders in the US: the American ...
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IMF, World Bank Spring Meetings: Matters Arising
The recent International Mone­tary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) Spring Meetings brought to the forefront the press­ing need for global cooperation in navi­gating an increasingly complex ...
Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from ...
As the recent IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings brought into sharp focus deepening fissures in the global financial architecture, innovative reform is the key to advancing progress toward sustainable ...
A decision by World Bank shareholders to change the equity-to-loan ratio will not solve all of today's challenges. But it ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke Wednesday to international economists attending IMF and World Bank spring meetings in ...
The issue remains a sticking point in the ongoing IMF negotiations, delaying the release of the next $1.3 billion tranche from the lender's $4.7 billion loan package ...