With six years remaining until the 2030 deadline to achieve the sustainable development goals, big ideas are needed. John W McArthur and @ziakhannyc discuss how leaders can chart a productive path forward. brookings.edu/articles/reboo…

The IMF desperately needs to make a course correction on China in its fall World Economic Outlook. The IMF's analysis earlier this year was built around a forecast where trade imbalances continue to recede. That isn't happening 1/

Ahead of next week's GSDR meeting on the debt crisis monday, Marina Zucker-Marques Danny Bradlow and I propose to bring back buybacks in a more principled manner Mark Sobel Brad Setser Theo Maret Joseph E. Stiglitz bu.edu/gdp/2024/09/13…

🚨 Just in time for the UN Summit of the Future #UNSummit2024, our latest publication in Science is now available for full open access: “Four Governance Reforms to Strengthen the SDGs.” Free download: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #SDGs #Governance #SummitOfTheFuture #GlobalGoals

Forcing a country to borrow from the private market at 11% should never be the result of an IMF policy -- if this really was done as a financing assurance, those financing assurances need to be rethought (h/t Murtaza Syed) 1/x profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/09/14/gov…

Congratulations and thanks to the IMF Board, MGMT and Staff for listening to governments from the Global South, outside experts, and civil society and reforming its interest rate policy. Much more to be done but a big step in the right direction.

Doubtless to be replaced by Barron’s horse….

For OMFIF, Kevin P. Gallagher + Mark Sobel argue that injecting more liquidity into low-income countries may only lead to unsustainable debt overhangs. They write that IMF should lead on new initiatives for debt relief. Read more: gdpcenter.org/49yyd1Z

Direct Loans, Pell Grants, and other federal student aid funds provided to individual students are not impacted by the Jan. 27, 2025, Office of Management and Budget guidance temporarily pausing federal financial assistance programs. We continue to award and disburse federal

With the dismantling of USAID, is the Trump administration defying the constitution? - CBS News cbsnews.com/news/usaid-dis…

A US exit from the UN would be a gigantic mistake, says Martin Edwards. The Trump administration, solely to curry favor with some small fraction of its base, would be handing a huge diplomatic victory to China ipsnews.net/2025/03/will-u…

US tariffs are bad for the US, but they are likely to be catastrophic for developing economies. An important blog by my PIIE colleague Cullen Hendrix. shorturl.at/R5Hmk

There are valid criticisms of the WTO, Cullen Hendrix writes. But it still provides developing countries with something they often lack: rules where size doesn’t immediately trump sovereignty & smaller, or at least poorer, economies have a voice—& a veto. piie.com/blogs/realtime…

I look forward to speaking at Seton Hall University tomorrow. The event will take place at 11 a.m. in the Chancellor’s Suite of the University Center, presented by the School of Diplomacy and International Relations Seton Hall School of Diplomacy. Watch Live: events.shu.edu/event/40389-wo…

I was honoured to speak at the World Leaders Forum at Seton Hall. Institutions like Seton Hall contribute to our common mission by fostering knowledge, sharpening critical thinking, and nurturing a commitment to service, justice, and global solidarity—the values that sustain

The Argentina-IMF saga starts a new season | PIIE piie.com/blogs/realtime…

World & US at U.N.: No confirmation hearing set, but nomination sent to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ambassador Mike Waltz dw.com/en/trump-taps-…

"before the misreporting case can be presented to the IMF Executive Board. “The authorities have expressed their intention to request a new IMF-supported program." imf.org/en/News/Articl…

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NEWS: UN Development relocating a "substantial share" of positions based at UNHQ in NYC, almost 400 posts, w/approx 3/4 transferring to Bonn, Germany & about 1/4 to Madrid, Spain.