International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2021: Build Forward Better
Annual Report of the Executive Board, October 4, 2021
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Bibliographic details
- Published: October 4, 2021
- Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513568812.011
Executive summary
- A recovery is underway, but the economic fallout from the global pandemic could be with us for years to come.
- The crisis is exacerbating prepandemic vulnerabilities and country prospects are diverging.
- Nearly half of emerging market and developing economies and some middle-income countries are now at risk of falling further behind, undoing much of the progress made toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Annual Report of the Executive Board
Key themes and risks
- Recovery underway versus long-lasting economic fallout from the global pandemic.
- Divergence in country prospects driven by exacerbated prepandemic vulnerabilities.
- Risk that nearly half of emerging market and developing economies and some middle-income countries will fall further behind, reversing progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Subjects and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Asset and liability management, Balance of payments, Balance of payments need, COVID-19, Credit, Debt relief, Debt service, External debt, Health, International organization, Monetary policy, Money
- Keywords: Africa, Annual Report, Balance of payments need, boards of governors of the bank, capacity development, Central Asia, COVID-19, Credit, debt, debt dynamics, Debt relief, Debt service, debt vulnerabilities, Deputy managing director, digital, digital future, economic surveillance, emerging markets, Global, global policy, Great Depression, Great Divergence, green economy, green future, IMF organization chart, IMF staff calculation, inclusive, Joint Ministerial Committee of the boards of governors, lending, living gap, low-cost financing, low-income countries, public debt, vaccine