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IMF comprehensive surveillance review: looking back and forward
This session discussed the IMF’s upcoming comprehensive review of conditionality, and civil society calls to ensure future IMF policy advice supports long-term stability and equitable economic outcomes.
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Who’s afraid of the grassroots? IMF policymaking in the era of social discontent
IMF proposes a grassroots communication strategy to convince the public of the need for further austerity measures as publications reveal fear that social unrest will make reforms ‘unimplementable’.
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Nigerians set for higher bills as Bank pushes for removal of ‘inefficient’ energy subsidies
Nigerians set for higher energy bills amidst deep economic crisis as Bank pushes for removal of ‘inefficient’ energy subsidies.
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The human face of the World Bank’s private sector bias: The privatisation of Kenya’s healthcare
A November 2021 report by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University highlights the human rights consequences of the World Bank’s Maximising Finance for Development approach.
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Debt crisis prevention: We need to talk about capital controls
IMF’s position on capital controls must be revised to recognise that they are an essential and permanent macroeconomic tool necessary to increase countries’ policy autonomy and enable them to act counter-cyclically and to prevent future debt crises.
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What are Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)?
This Inside the Institutions looks at the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights, including their history and usage, with a focus on the latest allocation, which accounts for 69 per cent of the SDRs ever disbursed.
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IMF’s continued VAT push inconsistent with rhetoric on progressive taxes
As the IMF celebrates the rise of VAT, women and those least able to pay are left behind in worsening inequality crisis.
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Civil society raises alarm about IMF’s continued backing of austerity amidst pandemic
Egypt, Ukraine, South Africa and Ecuador have recently signed IMF loan programmes that involve severe austerity measures.
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Fiscal space for universal health and social protection post Covid-19 pandemic: How to prevent austerity
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum Session on 2 October.
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UN holds Pakistan to account for IMF programme impacts on women
Concerns raised about IMF conditions pushing women back into poverty and informal work.
