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Global EconomyIMFIMF SurchargesWorld IMF Begins Review of Unjust Surcharge Policy

IMF reviewing surcharge policy: why surcharges are counterproductive, unfair, and unnecessary. Learn more about the push to end surcharges.

Manasi Karthik / July 18, 2024

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Climate ChangeGlobal Debt CrisisGlobal EconomyIMFSpecial Drawing Rights The Rising Cost of Debt: An Obstacle to Achieving Climate and Development Goals

Uncover the link between climate change and debt in developing countries.

Lara MerlingIvana Vasic-LalovicLorena Valle Cuéllar / April 30, 2024

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Global Debt CrisisGlobal EconomyGlobal FinanceIMFIMF SurchargesInternationalWorld A Broader Impact Than Ever Before: An Updated Estimate of the IMF’s Surcharges

This paper presents an estimate of IMF surcharges updated as of February 2024. It shows that 22 countries are now subject to surcharges, a net increase of 6 since our 2023 estimate.

Ivana Vasic-LalovicMichael GalantFrancisco Amsler / April 11, 2024

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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Global Debt CrisisGlobal EconomyGlobal FinanceGlobalization and TradeWorld Trade Organization What’s at Stake at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi?

At stake is a fight between two visions of what role the WTO, as the world’s most powerful rule-making body in the global economy, should play.

Deborah James / NAKED CAPITALISM / February 24, 2024