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Chart of the Week: What’s Next After the ECT? The Top Investment Agreements Posing a Threat to Climate Policy
By Rachel Thrasher The European Union officially voted to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) on May 30, after Read more
The 80th Anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference is a Chance for Stock-taking—and Increasing Ambition
By Tim Hirschel-Burns In July 1944—80 years ago—delegates from 44 nations met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Over the course Read more
The Bretton Woods Institutions at 80: Towards A Bigger, Better and More Inclusive Global Economic Governance Architecture
July 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Agreement that established the post-World War II multilateral economic order, Read more
Making Sense of the IMF’s Interim Review of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust
By Jwala Rambarran This month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) marks its 80th anniversary amid various proposals on how to reform Read more
Enough Voice for the Vulnerable? Why Climate-vulnerable Countries Need More Voting Power within the International Monetary Fund
By Timon Forster It has been three years since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – the organization tasked with monitoring Read more
Climate Policy at the International Monetary Fund: No Voice for the Vulnerable?
The climate crisis prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an international lender of last resort, to implement wholesale reforms to Read more
Does Global Crisis Finance Sustain a Middle-income Trap? Insights from the Updated Global Financial Safety Net Tracker
By Laurissa Mühlich, Barbara Fritz and William N. Kring Following the COVID-19 pandemic, low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs, Read more
The ‘New’ New Development Bank: A Decade Plus in the Making
By Gregory T. Chin When much of the world shut-down at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, in late 2021, Read more
The Evolution of the New Development Bank
In July 2015, the New Development Bank (NDB), formerly the BRICS Development Bank, was established by the BRICS states Read more
How Central Bank Swaps Reinforce Inequalities in the Global Financial Safety Net
By Marina Zucker-Marques, Laurissa Mühlich, Barbara Fritz, Thomas Goda What once consisted of only the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has Read more