International Monetary Fund predictions: Asia’s growth after Covid-19Comment | 1 May 2020 | Ganeshan WignarajaAsia's economic recovery after Covid-19 will require an effective mixture of policy responses and in-country collaboration with the IMF. Read and comment
G20, IMF deliver on debt relief, but more is needed, experts sayMedia | 18 April 2020 | Devex Find out more
Financing for developing countries facing a coronavirus-sparked economic crisisComment | 18 March 2020 | Jesse GriffithsDeveloping countries urgently require financial support and creating money through Special Drawing Rights could be the answer. Read and comment
The 2016 IMF/World Bank Annual MeetingsODI On... | 5 - 3 October 2016ODI is in Washington DC from 7-9 October to engage policymakers and partners around the 2016 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Find out more
India’s ‘Rexit’: central bank uncertainty raises riskBriefing papers | July 2016 | Phyllis Papadavid and Stephen GelbThis edition of ODI’s Macroeconomic impact series analyses the impact of the resignation of Reserve Bank of India Governor, Raghuram Rajan, last month. Downloads
The problem with development banks' environmental and social safeguardsComment | 14 April 2016 | Chris HumphreyMultilateral development banks need to help strengthen national laws and regulations in developing countries rather than just protect themselves against criticism. Read and comment
‘We need a faster, bigger and more effective World Bank’Comment | 14 April 2016 | Kevin Watkins interviews Mark LowcockAhead of the World Bank's spring meeting, the Permanent Secretary at the UK’s Department for International Development tells us how the institution needs to reform. Read and comment
Developmental revolution or Bretton Woods revisited?Research reports and studies | April 2015 | Chris HumphreyThe BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) represent a bold step toward reordering the global system of development finance institutions. This paper analyses the creation and potential operational scale of the two banks. Download
New China-led development bank gains support, despite US pressureComment | 26 March 2015 | Zhenbo Hou'Not reforming the existing Bretton Woods institutions to accommodate the reality of the 21st century has only encouraged China to set up parallel systems from scratch.' Read and comment
Telling it like it isn’t: budgeting in the real worldComment | 4 November 2013 | Bryn Welham'National budgets are an important tool for development but don’t always deliver what they say they will. How they are presented to the world can bear little resemblance to the way money gets spent on the ground.' Read and comment
