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Mitigating currency mismatch in development finance: MDBs and local currency lending
MDBs must consider local currency lending a central pillar of their development mandate.
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Challenging primacy of BWIs urgent as threats to UN and multilateralism deepen
UN80 reform process and establishment of ‘Board of Peace’ increase threats of erosion of UN’s role.
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The rise of bilateral currency swaps – a threat to the IMF?
Without reforming SDRs to boost reserves and stabilise economies, bilateral swaps will further reinforce the existing asymmetries of the international financial system.
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Monetary power and sovereign debt crises: The renewed case for a sovereign debt restructuring mechanism
The sovereign debt crises threatening states in the Global South are less about fiscal mismanagement and more about monetary power in the global currency hierarchy.
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IMF takes steps to control cryptocurrency policies
Fund warns cryptocurrencies are a threat to global financial stability as El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender.
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Democratic deficit: The IMF, Ecuador, and central bank independence
IMF’s continued push for central bank independence criticised as undemocratic, unequal and for curtailing countries’ capacity to respond to the pandemic.
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IMF to add China’s currency to SDR basket
The IMF has confirmed that China’s currency, the remnimbi or yuan, will be included in the IMF’s calculation of its international reserve asset from October 2016.
