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    March 6, 2026
    Inequality, Household Debt, and the Role of Social Protection in Thailand
    November 21, 2025
    AI Adoption and Inequality
    April 4, 2025
    Digital Financial Inclusion and Income Inequality in China
    April 4, 2025
    Minimum Wages, Inequality, and the Informal Sector
    July 19, 2024
    Inequality and Poverty in India: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Response
    July 14, 2023
    Capital Account Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Firm Level Data
    March 3, 2023
    Why Some Don’t Belong—The Distributional Effects of Natural Disasters
    January 6, 2023
    Equitable Access to Vaccines: Myth or Reality?
    December 16, 2022
    Interim Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Gender at The IMF
    January 12, 2024
    2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review— Background Paper on The Surveillance Priority Ensuring Economic Sustainability
    May 18, 2021
    2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review — Overview Paper
    May 18, 2021
    A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending
    June 14, 2019
    How to Operationalize Inequality Issues in Country Work
    June 13, 2018
    Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality
    January 23, 2014
    South Africa: Selected Issues
    February 11, 2026
    Malta: Selected Issues
    January 22, 2025
    Botswana: Selected Issues
    September 10, 2024
    Hungary: Selected Issues
    August 2, 2024
    Japan: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Japan
    May 13, 2024
    Japan: Selected Issues
    May 13, 2024
    Greece: Selected Issues
    June 21, 2022
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    June 3, 2022
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    February 4, 2022
    The Power of Partnership: Selected Speeches by Christine Lagarde, 2011-2019
    September 25, 2019
    Brazil : Boom, Bust, and Road to Recovery
    March 14, 2019
    Women, Work, and Economic Growth : Leveling the Playing Field
    February 15, 2017
    Taming Indian Inflation
    February 25, 2016
    Frontier and Developing Asia: The Next Generation of Emerging Markets
    April 10, 2015
    Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries
    October 24, 2012
    Financial Globalization: The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
    April 27, 2007
    Economic Policy and Equity
    May 4, 1999
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