IFI Lending

Finance

Analysis

New IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) – how to make it work for the Global South

RST must support low- and vulnerable middle-income countries to recover from the pandemic and tackle economic and climate-related structural challenges.

6 April 2022 | Guest analysis

Finance

News

IMF’s punishing surcharges strain Covid-19 response and recovery efforts

Civil society and economists unite in calls for IMF to abolish unethical and harmful surcharges on member countries that undermine financial stability and Covid-19 recovery.

9 December 2021

Finance

News

Tensions escalate between Argentina and the IMF ahead of crucial loan repayment deadline

Controversial loan from IMF could force country into severe spending cuts.

9 December 2021

Finance

News

Civil society frustrated by lack of substantive engagement in IDA20 replenishment process

Private sector first approach intact in IDA20 replenishment despite CSO recommendations.

9 December 2021

Conditionality

News

Will IMF policy advice align with new UNESCO Declaration on education finance?

IMF advice makes it challenging for countries to achieve education finance goals agreed at UN declaration.

9 December 2021

Finance

News

Open letter to G20 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and the IMF: Civil society organizations call for principles for fair channeling of Special Drawing Rights

CSO launches call for the fair channeling of Special Drawing Rights.

30 September 2021 | Letters

Finance

Analysis

Opportunity lost? IMF approach to Special Drawing Rights channelling risks wasting golden chance

Civil society groups argue that IMF must be far more ambitious in its plans for SDRs to be channelled to countries in need.

30 September 2021

Finance

News

Time for action: How can IMF help countries use their SDRs for crisis recovery?

If the Special Drawing Rights allocation is to benefit the poorest and most vulnerable, decision makers must use SDRs to respond to the pandemic and its economic consequences.

22 September 2021

Finance

News

Pressure mounts for an end to IDA’s Private Sector Window as IDA20 negotiations continue

Civil society and academics call for scrapping of Private Sector Window in IDA20 and the reallocation of resources to support public sector responses to the pandemic.

22 September 2021

Finance

News

IMF increases limits of its concessional lending facility, leading to warnings from debt activists

Concessional lending from the IMF reaches record levels with the new reforms set to increase lending further.

21 September 2021