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World Bank and IMF Annual
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Annual Meetings 2022 Wrap Up: As the world runs out of time, BWIs fail to provide clear vision and bold actions
The World Bank and IMF meet for their Annual Meetings amid a turbulent economic and geopolitical context, and the realisation that the SDGs will not be met. Despite much discussion…
V20 communiqué analysis Annual Meetings 2022: Climate vulnerable countries call for debt relief and a revamped IMF
The finance ministers for the Vulnerable Group of Twenty, a bloc of 58 developing country economies representing some 1.5 billion people, issued a communiqué on 16 October.
IMFC Chair’s Statement analysis Annual Meetings 2022: Scrambling for new ideas to tackle inflation, debt, and climate change
IMFC chair statement condemns Russia’s war while scrambling for new ideas to tackle inflation, debt, and climate change, as Covid response fades from attention.
G24 communiqué analysis Annual Meetings 2022: G24 echoes calls for more drastic measures by international financial institutions
G24 communiqué echoes calls for more drastic measures by international financial institutions to cushion the blow for low- and middle-income countries in the face of compounding global crises.
Development Committee Chair’s Statement analysis Annual Meetings 2022: Statement calls for greater international cooperation and strengthened multilateralism
The Development Committee issued a chair statement instead of a communiqué, following its meeting on 14 October.
G20 press briefing analysis Annual Meetings 2022: Challenges and differences in view, as escalating geopolitical conflicts worsen the economic situation
The Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati acknowledged the G20 faced “many challenges” and “differences in view”, with “escalating geopolitical conflicts worsening the economic situation.”
Annual Meetings 2022 Preamble: With risk of global recession on horizon, World Bank and IMF’s ability to offer credible solutions remains in question
Economic turmoil and geopolitical fragmentation will provide the backdrop to the first in-person World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings since 2019.
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