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International cooperation | June 2024
There is an economic promise to be made across generations, one that requires us to take decisive action this decade
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva kicks off the 2024 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings from the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, with her customary curtain raiser speech. Go to IMF.org to follow the Annual Meetings and find all the IMF flagship reports, including the World Economic Outlook, the Global Financial Stability Report, and the Fiscal Monitor.
John Maynard Keynes' novel lectures at King’s College, Cambridge, inspired economists and policymakers of the time and continues to do so a hundred years later. In this podcast, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers a speech inspired by one of Keynes’ lectures to a young audience at the very same King’s College.
Development | Podcast
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva kicked off the 2023 Annual Meetings in Marrakech with her customary curtain raiser speech from Cote d’Ivoire. It’s the first time since 1973 that the Annual Meetings are held in Africa and Georgieva says it’s an opportunity to pave the way to the next 50 years.
Protectionism | June 2023
But the international architecture must adapt to a fast-changing world
NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA
Financial markets | Podcast
With shock upon shock hitting the world economy in the last three years, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's customary opening speech to the Annual Meetings warned of a darker global outlook and emphasized the need for the world to come together to deal with the consequences.
Central banks | Podcast
In his lecture, Governor de Galhau says today's multiple crises are challenging public trust in central banks.
François Villeroy de Galhau
Financial crisis management | Podcast
Just as many countries were beginning to feel the grip of the pandemic start to ease, another global calamity is threatening the recovery.
Foreign exchange | Podcast
The last two years have proven a test for the global financial system, and the nature of the crises is getting more complex by the day.
GITA GOPINATH
Inclusion and gender | Podcast
As the world this week celebrates International Women's Day, hundreds of millions of women are living in conflict and fragility.
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