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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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Venezuela, the IMF and Trump’s ‘Monroe doctrine 2.0’
With release of Venezuela’s $4.6 billion in SDRs hinging on the IMF’s recognition of state authorities, CSOs call for their release and entirely sovereign use.
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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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Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development exposes continued lack of commitment to address systemic issues
Despite the watered down consensus at FfD4, follow up opportunities must be seized upon to advance the agenda of international financial architecture reform in the coming years.
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Decoding IMF accounting, unlocking the full potential of SDRs
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 23 April 2025, titled “Decoding IMF Accounting, unlocking the full potential of SDRs”.
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Civil society calls for FfD4 to revive ‘spirit of Monterrey’ and reassert UN’s role in global economic governance
The role of Bretton Woods Institutions remains a key point of contention, amidst their stark governance deficits.
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IMF board’s reluctance leaves Special Drawing Rights as an underused tool in Fund’s toolbox
IMF board’s lukewarm endorsement of SDR rechanneling through MDBs stands in stark contrast to continued calls from Global South governments for additional SDR allocations, amid growing debt crisis.
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The future of Special Drawing Rights as a development finance tool: What’s next?
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 17 April 2024, titled “The Future of Special Drawing Rights as a Development Finance Tool: What’s Next?”
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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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The 2021 SDR allocation was beneficial for the global economy, but was it sufficient to address the scale of the crisis?
IMF’s new report looking at the impact of the $650 billion SDR allocation in 2021 talks about the benefits of the allocation for the global economy but fails to address the scale of the polycrisis.
