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How are the region’s low-income economies navigating the intersection of climate vulnerability and crippling levels of debt?
Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from ...
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank begin this week with a goal of keeping a low profile, ...
Despite hopeful tones, this year's World Bank meetings were light on climate ambitions. Plus, Brazil’s forest ambitions and the countries lauding but not funding it.
Hundreds of global finance leaders will descend on Washington this week, each with a singular mission: Who can I talk with to ...
Imagine trying to build a seawall with a leaky bucket while a storm rages overhead. That’s the daily struggle for least ...
WFP is slashing up to 6,000 jobs; the World Bank Spring Meetings soft-pedaled on climate; and people are aging better but ...
Beyond the Trump administration, the IMF and the World Bank must remember their other stakeholders in the US: the American ...
The bank’s messaging on climate represents a delicate balancing act between the institution and the U.S., its largest ...
The next meetings of the World Bank and IMF will be held in October, but expectations are high, and experts are waiting with ...
As the world knows, the people of Kenya made their frustrations against the IMF known last year, with protests against IMF fiscal and austerity policies. And this unrest led to President William Ruto ...
The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington Global economic leaders are ...