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IMF Says Global Growth Hits Soft Patch But Rebound Expected

  • June 17, 2011

  • 2246 Views

  • 04:21

The IMF’s Economic Counsellor Olivier Blanchard says the global economy, hit by slowdowns in Japan and the United States, is expected to reaccelerate in the second half of the year.

  • Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor IMF
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Professor Branko Milanović, Abebe Aemro Selassie
Africa Perspectives: Worlds Apart—Exploring Inequality from an African Lens

  • November 6, 2024

  • 105 Views

  • 49:18

Professor Branko Milanović, and African Department Director, Abebe Aemro Selassie, discuss practical strategies that African policymakers can employ to effectively address and reduce inequality—and how the IMF can support them in these efforts.
António David
Perspetivas Económicas Regionais para a África Subsariana, Outubro de 2024: Reformas num Contexto de Grandes Expectativas

  • November 6, 2024

  • 1 Views

  • 03:23

António David, chefe de divisão no Departamento de África do FMI, apresenta o mais recente relatório sobre as “Perspetivas Económicas Regionais para a África Subsariana”.
Thibault Lemaire
Perspectives économiques régionales: Afrique Subsaharienne, octobre 2024

  • November 6, 2024

  • 8 Views

  • 02:36

Les perspectives économiques de l'Afrique subsaharienne s'améliorent lentement grâce en partie à des réformes difficiles qui commencent à porter leurs fruits.

Professor Christoph Trebesch, Vitor Gaspar
Tenth Annual Richard Goode Lecture: International Lending in War and Peace

  • November 5, 2024

  • 81 Views

  • 1:22:42

The lecture presented some key trends in international capital flows across 200 years, focusing on turbulent episodes during war and peace. It illustrated the crucial role of official finance in helping avert financial collapse.
Regional Economic Outlook Projections for Europe 2024/2025

  • November 4, 2024

  • 42 Views

  • 00:28

Europe: Economic Outlook Projections for 2024/2025
Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia, October 2024 (Dubai)

  • November 2, 2024

  • 128 Views

  • 38:26

Economies in the Middle East and North Africa and the Caucasus and Central Asia continue to navigate heightened uncertainties and vulnerabilities amid conflicts and an increasingly fragmented global geoeconomic landscape.
Krishna Srinivasan, Thomas Helbling, Akihiko Yoshida, Randa Elnagar
Press Briefing: Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific | Resilient Growth but Higher Risks

  • November 1, 2024

  • 125 Views

  • 45:43

Press Briefing: Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific | Resilient Growth but Higher Risks
Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia, October 2024: Three Essential Facts

  • November 1, 2024

  • 233 Views

  • 00:54

Jihad Azour, IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlines three key facts about the economic outlook for the Middle East and North Africa.
جهاد ازعور
ثلاث حقائق عن منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

  • November 1, 2024

  • 16 Views

  • 01:13

جهاد ازعور مدير إدارة الشرق الأوسط وآسيا الوسطى
Krishna Srinivasan
Japanese - Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, November 2024

  • October 31, 2024

  • 35 Views

  • 01:56

Growth in Asia was resilient in the first half of 2024. As a result, we upgraded our growth forecast for the region to 4.6% for this year, and to 4.4% for 2025. Asia remains the world’s growth engine, accounting for 60% of global growth this year.
Krishna Srinivasan
Chinese - Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, October 2024

  • October 31, 2024

  • 40 Views

  • 01:56

Growth in Asia was resilient in the first half of 2024. As a result, we upgraded our growth forecast for the region to 4.6% for this year, and to 4.4% for 2025. Asia remains the world’s growth engine, accounting for 60% of global growth this year.
Krishna Srinivasan
Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, October 2024

  • October 31, 2024

  • 252 Views

  • 01:56

Growth in Asia was resilient in the first half of 2024. As a result, we upgraded our growth forecast for the region to 4.6% for this year, and to 4.4% for 2025. Asia remains the world’s growth engine, accounting for 60% of global growth this year.
Bo Li, Bert Kroese, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Yusuf Murangwa, Marie-Christine Tremblay, Olaf Sleijpen
Harnessing Big Data for Transformative Policymaking

  • October 28, 2024

  • 135 Views

  • 58:40

Harnessing Big Data for Transformative Policymaking
Gita Gopinath, Jonathan Dixon, Andrew Mais President, Jérôme Jean Haegeli, Fundi Tshazibana, Tobias Adrian, Shigeru Ariizumi
IMF-IAIS High-Level Panel on Climate Change Protection Gaps and the Insurance Sector

  • October 26, 2024

  • 406 Views

  • 59:56

IMF-IAIS High-Level Panel on Climate Change Protection Gaps and the Insurance Sector
Gita Gopinath, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Maurice Obstfeld, Minouche Shafik, Raghuram Rajan
Per Jacobsson Lecture: Delivering on New Global Challenges: How Can We Re-Imagine the Multilateral Trading System?

  • October 26, 2024

  • 420 Views

  • 1:30:38

Per Jacobsson Lecture: Delivering on New Global Challenges: How Can We Re-Imagine the Multilateral Trading System?
Civil Society Forum: A Tale of Two Emergencies

  • October 25, 2024

  • 65 Views

  • 1:39:23

A Tale of Two Emergencies: Debt Policies of International Financial Institutions and Fiscal Injustices from a Global South Perspective
Abebe Aemro Selassie, Moderator: Kwabena Akuamoah-Boateng – Communications Officer,
Press Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2024

  • October 25, 2024

  • 320 Views

  • 51:35

IMF African Department Director presents our latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. Get the report's key findings, growth projections, and policy advice.
Abebe Aemro Selassie, Kwabena Akuamoah-Boateng
Conférence de presse : Afrique subsaharienne, Octobre 2024

  • October 25, 2024

  • 63 Views

  • 51:35

Les perspectives économiques de l’Afrique subsaharienne s’améliorent, avec une croissance projetée de 3,6 % en 2024 à 4,2 % en 2025. Cependant, la région fait face à des défis majeurs : croissance modeste, finances tendues & fortes pressions sociales
Abebe Aemro Selassie
Conferência de Imprensa: África Subsariana, Outubro de 2024

  • October 25, 2024

  • 31 Views

  • 51:35

Os países da África Subsariana estão a implementar reformas essenciais, mas difíceis, para restabelecer a estabilidade macroeconómica, e muito embora os desequilíbrios globais tenham começado a diminuir, o panorama é heterogéneo.
Pretend and extend, or #CancelTheDebt?

  • October 25, 2024

  • 32 Views

  • 1:36:21

Pretend and extend, or #CancelTheDebt? A Fork in the Road for the Debt Crisis