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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement to the Financial Community on Ukraine

The Ukrainian authorities have done a remarkable job in implementing an ambitious economic reform program supported by the IMF, aiming to sustain economic and financial stability at a time of exceptionally high uncertainty, restore debt sustainability, and promote Ukraine’s advancements on the path toward EU accession.

IMF and World Bank Working Together to Scale up Climate Finance

The IMF, the World Bank Group, and development partners have supported climate-relevant policy reforms through budget support and through funding for relevant investment projects, across a diversity of sectors—primarily energy, transportation, and agriculture.

Podcasts

Michele Ruta on Trade Shifts
July 31, 2024

The world is changing so quickly it’s hard to think of one aspect of our economic lives that hasn’t shifted from what it was only a few years ago. Trade is no exception. New technologies, the re-emergence of industrial policy, and rising geopolitical tensions are all putting added pressure on the international trading system. Michele Ruta is a trade expert at the IMF. He says global cooperation is key to preventing economic fragmentation, from which no one benefits. Transcript

Check out the IMF’s global trade webpage

And an entire issue of the IMF's Finance and Development magazine on Trade

Lisa Kolovich: Gender Equality to address Shifting Demographics
July 11, 2024

Aging populations in many advanced and emerging market economies mean shrinking workforces, weighing on growth. However, the opposite is true in low-income countries where populations are growing, and the expanding workforce may lack the skills for the job market. How can these two scenarios offset each other? Lisa Kolovich says women hold the key. Kolovich is an economist in the IMF Inclusion and Gender Unit, which has published a study that shows that supporting women’s health and education isn’t only the right thing to do but helps build critical human capital. In this podcast, Kolovich says gender equality can serve as a stabilizing factor to rebalance demographic trends. Transcript

Not Your Grandmother’s Industrial Policy: Michele Ruta
February 22, 2024

Industrial policy had its heyday in the 1950s and 60s when governments moved to boost national competitiveness amid burgeoning global trade. Economists have been predicting the return of industrial policy of late- and there’s no question it’s back, but what does today’s industrial policy look like? Michele Ruta is a trade expert at the IMF, and along with some colleagues compiled a new dataset that shows the extent to which new industrial policies are being used and what their real impact might be on the global economy. Transcript

Check out the IMF’s global trade webpage