“Dear International Monetary Fund Board of Directors, This Friday October 11, 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to announce reforms to its policy on charges and especially surcharges, which levies extra fees on countries whose debts have surpassed certain size and time thresholds. We the undersigned urge the IMF to meaningfully reform its policies, […]
By Naomi Frim-Abrams On September 25, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Emily Sellars from the Department of Political Science at Yale University for the first session of the Fall 2024 HCI Research Seminar Series to discuss her forthcoming book “The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action, and Agrarian Reform in Mexico.” To assess […]
By Marilou Uy and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary Policymakers, especially from the Global South, now agree that achieving both climate goals and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals will require reforming the international financial architecture. While the World Bank’s ‘evolution’ process that kickstarted at the 2022 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Annual Meetings reflects a […]
With just six years until 2030, there is an urgent need to unlock investments and mobilize affordable climate finance in a fiscally sound and financially stable manner. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a vital role to play, and proposals to reform the international financial architecture – whether the Bridgetown Initiative, the Paris Pact for […]
By Vidhu Priya Mukundan What do we know about women’s political participation and their engagement with the government in urban democracies? With increasing discourse on the need to increase women’s electoral and political participation, its impact on women’s policy preferences, public health services and promoting economic and social rights, there is a gap in understanding […]
By Christian Mazimpaka During the summer of 2024, I travelled from Boston to my home country Rwanda to collect data for my doctoral dissertation as a part of the 2024 Summer in the Field Fellowship Program. I partnered with the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), an implementation agency of the Rwanda Ministry of Health, to evaluate […]
By John Hassett For decades, a key goal of activists and policymakers has been involving women in politics. Achieving gender parity in the political realm – that is, seeing more women running for and winning political office – is not merely a rhetorical goal. In fact, research has shown that women bring unique perspectives and […]
By Anastasiia Arbuzova In rapidly urbanizing cities like Addis Ababa, transport infrastructure serves as a crucial foundation for economic growth, social connectivity and overall quality of life. However, the benefits and challenges of mobility are not experienced equally across all segments of society. Women, who often carry responsibilities for housework, caregiving and work, face unique […]
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Tim Hirschel-Burns The importance of debt sustainability has come to the fore as countries around the world grapple with high debt burdens, which are capacity of governments to invest in climate action, and high costs of borrowing, even after the recent lowering of the interest rate by the US Federal […]
Developing countries need to invest heavily to transform their economies to achieve sustainable development and address climate change, but they are falling behind in the shift to clean energy, enhancing adaptation and resilience, addressing loss and damage, and restoring nature. To meet these policy goals, debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) conducted by the International Monetary Fund […]