sustainable development Goals

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Will Require Extraordinary Effort by All

IMFBlog2021-06-03T11:36:51-04:00April 29, 2021|

by Dora Benedek, Edward Gemayel, Abdelhak Senhadji, and Alexander Tieman

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The pandemic’s impact on the world’s poor has been especially harsh. COVID-19 may have pushed about 100 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 alone, while the UN warns that in some regions poverty could rise to levels not seen in 30 years. The current crisis has derailed progress toward basic development goals, as low-income developing countries must now balance urgent spending to protect lives and livelihoods […]

Bridging the Digital Divide to Scale Up the COVID-19 Recovery

IMFBlog2020-11-05T16:03:25-05:00November 5, 2020|

By Patrick Njoroge and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

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Digitalization has in the past few years enabled developing countries in particular to leapfrog on financial inclusion. Countries like Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania have made great advances in connecting their citizens to financial systems by leveraging on mobile phone technology. […]

Public Investment for the Recovery

IMFBlog2021-07-19T13:05:20-04:00October 5, 2020|

By Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Catherine Pattillo, and Raphael Espinoza

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Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. While maintaining the focus on addressing the health emergency and providing lifelines for households and businesses, governments need to prepare economies for the transition to the post-COVID-19 world—including by helping people get back to work. […]

How Strong Infrastructure Governance Can End Waste in Public Investment

IMFBlog2020-09-03T18:02:00-04:00September 3, 2020|

By Gerd Schwartz, Manal Fouad, Torben Hansen, and Geneviève Verdier

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COVID-19 has had a profound impact on people, firms, and economies all over the world. While countries have ramped up public lifelines to individuals and firms they will face enormous challenges to recover from the pandemic, amidst low economic activity and unprecedented levels of debt. […]

Why Sustainable Food Systems are Needed in a post-COVID World

IMFBlog2020-07-15T09:07:53-04:00July 14, 2020|

By Nicoletta Batini, James Lomax, and Divya Mehra

Food systems are essential to economic activity because they provide the energy that we need to live and work. […]

Fiscal Policies for a Transformed World

IMFBlog2020-07-14T15:11:54-04:00July 10, 2020|

By Vitor Gaspar and Gita Gopinath

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has already prompted an unprecedented fiscal policy response of close to $11 trillion worldwide. […]

Strengthening Economic Institutions for a Resilient Recovery

IMFBlog2020-06-15T11:57:14-04:00June 10, 2020|

By Antoinette Sayeh

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Exceptional times call for exceptional action. In response to COVID-19, the IMF has moved with unprecedented speed and magnitude of financial assistance to help countries protect lives and livelihoods. […]

Fiscal Policies to Curb Climate Change

IMFBlog2019-10-11T09:33:18-04:00October 10, 2019|

By Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Ian Parry, and Catherine Pattillo

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Global warming has become a clear and present threat. Actions and commitments to date have fallen short. […]

Chart of the weekCorporate Tax Rates: How Low Can You Go

IMFBlog2019-07-15T07:24:56-04:00July 15, 2019|

By IMFBlog

In life, two things are certain: death and taxes, the saying goes. […]

Getting Real on Meeting Paris Climate Change Commitments

IMFBlog2019-05-13T16:06:08-04:00May 3, 2019|

By Christine Lagarde and Vitor Gaspar

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Climate change is the great existential challenge of our times. It is a challenge that spans all regions, with especially severe consequences for low-income countries. […]