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Chart of the Week: How Much Should Multilateral Development Banks Contribute to the Baku to Belém Roadmap to $1.3 Trillion?
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Marina Zucker-Marques Last week, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) Presidency published the Read more

The Land Gap: How Conservation Can Make Sovereign Debt Crises Less Common
By Rebecca Ray Globally, conserving nature is a key priority for protecting communities and economies from the catastrophic impacts of Read more

Desvendando o “Pecado Digital”: ForexTech e as Novas Fronteiras da Volatilidade Cambial
Por Pedro Perfeito da Silva e Marina Zucker-Marques A expansão das FinTechs—inovações tecnológicas em serviços financeiros—está mudando a forma como Read more

Decoding “Digital Sin”: ForexTech and the New Frontiers of Currency Instability
By Pedro Perfeito da Silva and Marina Zucker-Marques The spread of FinTech—technology-driven innovation in financial services—is changing how people and Read more

Celebrating the Working Group on Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines
By Rachel Thrasher and Samantha Igo Established in 2018, the Working Group on Trade Treaties and Access to Medicines was Read more

Bangladesh’s Climate Risks and External Debt Tightrope: Safeguarding Sustainability Amid Transition
By Fahmida Khatun, Syed Yusuf Saadat, Afrin Mahbub and Zazeeba Waziha Saleh Following the conclusion of the 2025 International Monetary Read more

GDP Center Round-Up: 2025 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Annual Meetings
By Tim Hirschel-Burns With the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings underway in Washington, D.C. from October Read more

The Road to 2030: What Role for Chinese Development Finance?
By Rebecca Ray By 2030, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) other than China must mobilize an ambitious $3 trillion annually Read more

IMF Lending Returns to Low Levels While the PBOC Continues as the Largest Provider of Currency Swaps: Insights from the Updated Global Financial Safety Net Tracker
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Laurissa Mühlich, and Barbara Fritz In a world beset by lower growth prospects, unprecedented uncertainty in international Read more

Journal of Globalization and Development Special Issue – Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF Round-Up
The biggest developmental challenge facing the world today is climate change and global warming. For keeping the world below the Read more