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Finance & Development September 2009 |
In Brief World economic news: Increasing global liquidity... World hunger at historic highs... Mobile phone use worldwide... IMF blog... Economic events and calendar... |
Finance & Development June 2009 |
In Brief Contracting with the private sector to deliver education has benefits... IMF trying to ensure that economic adjustments take account of the needs of the most vulnerable... Handbook on Securities Statistics, which covers debt securities issues, is released... more... |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 |
Bulletin Kohler Calls For Coordinated International Response in Wake of September 11 Attacks... IMF Releases Reduced World Economic Outlook Projections... External Financing for IMF Technical Assistance... |
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 |
Bulletin IMFC Meeting Endorses IMF Crisis Prevention Efforts... IMF in the process of change... The IMF's Role in Poverty Reduction... IMF Acts to Streamline and Focus Conditionality... |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 Simon Johnson |
An IMF Just for Emerging Markets Developing countries don't trust the fund to serve their interests. Solution: An EMF. |
Finance & Development December 2008 |
IMF News IMF's new liquidity facility... IMF revamps two-year-old Exogenous Shocks Facility... IMF moved quickly to help emerging markets battered by the fallout from global financial turmoil... IMF-sponsored conference in Tanzania... |
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 |
In brief Johannesburg summit 2002... Technical assistance for Africa... East Timor to join IMF... |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Rich Miller |
A To-Do List For The IMF For starters, get tough on rich nations and give Asia a greater say. The trouble, experts say, is that the IMF's influence with industrial nations is basically limited to jawboning. |
Finance & Development June 2009 John Lipsky |
Preparing for a Postcrisis World Assessing the IMF's role in the future international financial architecture |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 James M. Boughton |
Was Suez in 1956 the First Financial Crisis of the Twenty-First Century? The IMF's lending to the four countries directly involved in the 1956 Suez crisis, and particularly to the United Kingdom, raised the institution's profile and established its role in helping member countries cope with international financial crises... |
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 |
In Brief Tracking capital flows... Glass half full... Watchdog appraisal... Lost decade... How things have changed... etc. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Edward Gemayel & Samar Maziad |
Delivering on Change The IMF has created a new support framework for the world's low-income countries. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Brad Setser |
The Shape of Things to Come Individual national decisions, not international summits, will remake the global financial system. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 |
Bulletin Pressing Issues of Globalization and Poverty Reduction Are Focus of 2000 IMF--World Bank Annual Meetings... Horst Kohler's Vision for the IMF... Research at the IMF... |
Finance & Development June 2010 Cartas & McConagha |
Credit to the Private Sector Remains Weak Bank credit continues to fall despite the global recovery. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 James M. Boughton |
Michel Camdessus at the IMF: A Retrospective It may be some years until a definitive assessment of Michel Camdessus's unprecedented 13 years as Managing Director can be made. In this article, the IMF's Historian provides a preliminary evaluation. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Cottarelli & Mateos y Lago |
Helping the Global Economy Stay in Shape The IMF adopts a new framework for monitoring countries' economic performance. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Charles Collyns |
The Crisis through the Lens of History The current financial crisis is ferocious, but looking at history shows the way to avoid another Great Depression. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 |
Bulletin The Asian Crisis Four Years On... The New Basel Capital Proposal for Banks... IMF Reviews Financial Sector Assessment Program... etc. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Carlo Cottarelli |
Paying the Piper The role of medium-term fiscal policy in rebounding from the crisis. |
BusinessWeek May 12, 2010 Sandrine Rastello et al. |
Now It's Up to the IMF to Make Greece Shape Up The fate of the euro may depend on the IMF's awkward partnership with the EU. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Barbara Stocking |
Straight Talk: The Poor Should Not Pay the Price for the Crisis The economic crisis forces us to confront chronic vulnerability and damaging inequality. How can the financial sector help shoulder the cost? |
U.S. Banker June 2010 Robert Bliss |
It's the Interconnectedness, Stupid The IMF s reform ideas contained in its Global Financial Stability report evaluate the complexities of international risk that U.S. regulatory proposals ignore. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Olivier Blanchard |
Cracks in the System The Economic Counsellor and Chief Economist of the IMF discusses what he thinks is needed to repair the damaged global economy. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
Sex, Banks, and Earnings Will the IMF president's sex scandal become a drag on bank earnings? |
Finance & Development June 2010 |
Min Zhu on Asia's Economy and More A conversation with the special advisor to the IMF's managing director about Asia in the new world order, global economic issues, and the IMF's relations with the region that is favored to lead the world out of crisis. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 |
New Book Features IMF's Role in Combating the Global Debt Crisis James M. Boughton's book Silent Revolution: The International Monetary Fund, 1979-1989. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Are We Already in a Depression? The head of the International Monetary Fund recently told reporters that the world's advanced economies -- the U.S., Western Europe, and Japan -- are already in depression. Is he right? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Ahmed, Lane & Schulze-Ghattas |
Refocusing IMF Conditionality Shortly after he assumed office as Managing Director of the IMF in May 2000, Horst Kohler launched a reform of the conditionality associated with its lending. What lies behind this change in approach, and what prospects does it have for strengthening implementation of reforms in the IMF's member countries? |
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Christopher Power |
Strange Encounter: The IMF and Athens Former International Monetary Fund officers say what they would do if they were put in charge of the Greek problem. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Straight talk Moral Hazard in IMF Loans: How Big a Concern? |
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Timothy Lane & Steven Phillips |
IMF Financing and Moral Hazard Although it has been argued that IMF financing may create moral hazard, it is not easy to find clear evidence of such an effect. If the extent of IMF-induced moral hazard were known, any costs would have to be weighed against the possible benefits of IMF financing... |
Finance & Development September 2008 |
In Brief Spending on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)... Investing in renewable energy... |
Finance & Development September 2010 Mark Horton |
How Grim a Fiscal Future? For most advanced economies, both the near term and the longer term are tight, but there are ways to ease budget pressures |
Finance & Development March 2009 Valdivia-Velarde & Seo |
Data Spotlight: Latin America's Debt Lower external debt ratios help Latin America face the global crisis better. |
Finance & Development December 2011 Nozaki et al. |
Are the Critics Right? A new study finds that public education and health spending get a boost when low-income countries receive IMF financial support |
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Christian Mulder |
Assessing the Dangers Spotting vulnerability to financial risks is key to preventing crises. |
Finance & Development March 2011 |
Veterans of the System Ideas for strengthening the international monetary system. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 James M. Boughton |
Globalization and the Silent Revolution of the 1980s During the 1980s, the economic policymakers of many countries underwent a dramatic change in thinking. How beneficial has this 'silent revolution' been, and what can policymakers and the international community do now to broaden and secure the gains it has brought? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Ambroise Fayolle |
Out of the Trap Given that fragile states face urgent and specific needs, the framework created by donors to support them is both too slow and not comprehensive enough. Closer coordination between all actors, including the IMF, should be a priority in fragile states. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz |
Data to the Rescue Why improved statistical information will be key for prevention of future crises. |
Finance & Development March 2011 |
In Brief IMF head calls for systemic reform... India, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will host the World Environment Day 2011... Nursery school and the intergenerational transmission of poverty... IMF launches Spanish blog... more... |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Saleh M. Nsouli |
Capacity Building in Africa: The Role of International Financial Institutions This article reviews the evidence on the importance of domestic institutions for economic growth and examines the role of international financial institutions, and particularly the IMF and its training, in capacity building in Africa. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Pisani-Ferry & Santos |
Reshaping the Global Economy The economic and financial crisis marks the end (for now) of a rapid expansion of globalization. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Yarek Aranowicz |
All Disquieting on the Eastern Front The contagion in Central and Eastern Europe has been called the worst economic crisis since the collapse of communism. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Goldsbrough et al. |
Prolonged Use of IMF Loans How much of a problem is it? |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Looking Under the Hood Bank capital ratios have improved since the crisis, but mainly because banks are lending less. |
Finance & Development March 2010 Berkmen et al. |
Differential Impact There's a reason why some countries were hit harder than others during the global crisis. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Inutu Lukonga |
Riding Out the Storm Dealing with financial crises more effectively |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Sergio Pereira Leite |
Human Rights and the IMF Human rights and macroeconomic stability are far from incompatible. Rather, they both play crucial roles in the fight against poverty. By supporting sound economic policies and encouraging constructive dialogue within civil society, the IMF contributes to human rights. |