Globalization | September 2024

Into the Maelstrom

Before 2020, most people barely knew that something called the global supply chain existed

CHRIS WELLISZ

Exchange rates | September 2024

Currencies Considered

The legacy of the switch to floating exchange rates in 1973

TAMIM BAYOUMI

Economic growth | September 2024

Competing for the Future

India’s path to prosperity may depend on a different strategy than the one successfully followed by others

KRISHNA SRINIVASAN

Podcast

Blazing a New Path to India’s Development

For many emerging market economies, moving from an export-oriented strategy with labor-intensive manufacturing to a more sophisticated production process was key to their development. But the world is quickly changing, and former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan says India need not follow that same path. In this podcast, IMF Asia and Pacific Department Head Krishna Srinivasan and Rajan discuss how India might leverage its growing workforce and pivot from “brawn to brain”.

RAGHURAM RAJAN

KRISHNA SRINIVASAN

Inclusive growth | Podcast

Daniel Susskind on Growth

Economic growth is often seen as the core ingredient to social development, but it’s a relatively new idea. So what did pre-growth society look like and how much growth can modern society sustain? In this podcast, Daniel Susskind argues that economic policy should consider the costs of growth more carefully and realign the drivers to better fit with the challenges of our time. 

DANIEL SUSSKIND

Economic growth | June 2024

High-Quality Growth

Economic policy that considers the costs of GDP growth

VIVEK ARORA