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Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia, October 2024 (Dubai)

  • November 2, 2024

  • 208 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.

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توقعات النمو 2024 في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

  • November 12, 2024

  • 0 Views

  • 00:18

مستجدات أكتوبر 2024
Ruud de Mooij, Ana Toni, Tinne Van der Straeten, Moderator: Will Kennedy
COP29: This Critical Decade: A Wake-up Call for Global Climate Action

  • November 12, 2024

  • 4 Views

  • 38:09

This session assesses the question: Is the world on track to net zero? Building on updated IMF research, it will explore how to equitably close the global gap in climate ambition to achieve the Paris Agreement goals.
Mark Malloch Brown, Andrew Steer, Helen Mountford, Amal-Lee Amin, Moderator: James Astill
COP29: The Role for the Bretton Woods Institutions in Climate Action

  • November 12, 2024

  • 5 Views

  • 48:37

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Bretton Woods institutions. This session features a range of perspectives on what is working, how to scale those efforts up and what else can be done over the next few critical decades.

Simon Black
COP29: The World is Sitting on a Razor's Edge

  • November 11, 2024

  • 2 Views

  • 03:51

The world is sitting on a razor's edge, and the deciding factor between future prosperity and potential runaway climate disaster is a single number-- 1.5.
Gregor Schwerhoff
COP29: Unlocking Financing for the Green Transition in Emerging and Developing Economies

  • November 11, 2024

  • 2 Views

  • 03:35

To hit net zero by 2050, emerging and developing countries will need substantial amounts of additional renewable energy investment--because domestic financial resources are limited, foreign direct investment, or FDI, is key.

Professor Branko Milanović, Abebe Aemro Selassie
Africa Perspectives: Worlds Apart—Exploring Inequality from an African Lens

  • November 6, 2024

  • 184 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

  • 4 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

  • 48 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

  • 199 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

  • 65 Views

  • 00:28

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

  • November 2, 2024

  • 208 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

  • 202 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

  • 254 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.
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ثلاث حقائق عن منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

  • November 1, 2024

  • 22 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

  • 45 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

  • 47 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

  • 276 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

  • 157 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

  • 428 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

  • 485 Views

  • 1:30:38

Per Jacobsson Lecture: Delivering on New Global Challenges: How Can We Re-Imagine the Multilateral Trading System?