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Ecuador: Extended Fund Facility Program

  • March 21, 2019

  • 1480 Views

  • 00:59

Ecuador and the IMF staff have reached an agreement on a set of policies to underpin a US$4.2 billion arrangement under the IMF’s EFF. This arrangement provides support for the Ecuadorean government’s economic policies over the next three years.

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Julie Kozack
Conferencia de prensa de Julie Kozack, Director, Departamento de Comunicaciones, FMI

  • November 21, 2024

  • 0 Views

  • 48:12

Conferencia de prensa de Julie Kozack, Director, Departamento de Comunicaciones, FMI
Julie Kozack
Press Briefing by Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department

  • November 21, 2024

  • 0 Views

  • 48:12

Julie Kozack, Communications Department Director of the IMF discusses Ukraine, Egypt, Bangladesh and other relevant developments.

Kristalina Georgieva
Opening Remarks at the 12th IMF Statistical Forum: Measuring the Implications of AI on the Economy

  • November 20, 2024

  • 36 Views

  • 04:54

Opening Remarks at the 12th IMF Statistical Forum: Measuring the Implications of AI on the Economy
Rodrigo Valdés
Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook: Rebalancing Policies and Pressing on with Reforms

  • November 20, 2024

  • 3 Views

  • 01:04

Latin America's output gaps are mostly closed, with inflation near target. Growth is expected to slow from 2.6% in 2023–24 to 2.2% in 2025, according to Rodrigo Valdés from the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department.
Rodrigo Valdés
Perspectivas económicas regionales para las Américas, Octubre 2024: Recalibrar políticas y avanzar con reformas

  • November 20, 2024

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  • 01:23

Las brechas de producción en América Latina están casi cerradas, y la inflación cerca de la meta. Se espera que el crecimiento modere de 2.6 % (2023-24) a 2.2 % en 2025.
Moises Naim (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Luis Cubeddu
The Illegal Economy and Globalization - Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers

  • November 20, 2024

  • 2 Views

  • 37:14

This lunch talk by Moises Naim (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Minister of Trade and Industry of Venezuela), was part of the conference "Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers"
Santiago Perez (IDB), Raphael Espinoza (IMF), Ana María Tribín (World Bank), Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella (OECD), Florence Jaumotte (IMF)
The Costs of Crime and Violence - Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers

  • November 20, 2024

  • 10 Views

  • 1:12:00

Part of the conference "Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers". held on November 11, 2024.

Chris Blattman (U. Chicago), Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (IMF),
Organized Crime and Development - Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers

  • November 20, 2024

  • 2 Views

  • 1:40:08

Part of the conference "Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers". Held on November 11, 2024.

Joras Ferwerda (Utrecht U.), Luis Urrutia (IMF), Scott Rembrandt, Maurizio Cintura, Emilio Pineda (IDB),
Illicit Economies and Money Laundering - Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers

  • November 20, 2024

  • 0 Views

  • 57:55

Part of the conference "Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers". Held on November 11, 2024.
Patricia Bullrich, Juan Carlos Vega, Monica Palencia, Mauricio Cardenas, Felipe Jaramillo, Ana María lbañez (IDB), Rodrigo Valdés (IMF),
Policies in the security and justice sector - Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers

  • November 20, 2024

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  • 1:34:10

Part of the conference "Crime in Latin America: Implications for Economic Policymakers". Held on November 11, 2024.
Jihad Azour
Regional Economic Outlook: The Caucasus and Central Asia

  • November 19, 2024

  • 6 Views

  • 01:04

Jihad Azour, IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlines three key facts about the economic outlook for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Jihad Azour
Russian: Regional Economic Outlook: The Caucasus and Central Asia

  • November 18, 2024

  • 4 Views

  • 01:04

Jihad Azour, IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlines three key facts about the economic outlook for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Aleksi Aleksishvili, Daouda Sembene, Chris Papageorgiou, Moderator: Lisa Abramowicz
Transforming Industries for Growth in a Fragmented World

  • November 18, 2024

  • 12 Views

  • 59:51

Economic diversification is essential in promoting sustainable growth and improving living standards in developing economies. This event focuses on policies to tackle barriers to diversification including both broad-based and industrial policies.
Shahin Mahmuzade, Jadwiga Massinga, Stephane Hallegatte Senior Climate Change Adviser, Alessandra Alfieri, Moderator: Professor Matthew Agarwala
COP29: Measuring Climate Risks for Smarter Adaptation and Mitigation Solutions

  • November 16, 2024

  • 28 Views

  • 50:48

This joint session with the World Bank will focus on global efforts to build an internationally accepted framework for measuring both physical and transition risks of climate change.
Bo Li, Franz Tattenbach, Samba Thiam, Moderator: Simon Jessop
COP29: The Pioneering Role of IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) in Climate Action

  • November 15, 2024

  • 15 Views

  • 41:25

Panelists discuss how specific countries benefited from the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) and the lessons learned in the process.
Bo Li, Rania Al Mashat Minister of Planning, Tracy Kajumba Director of the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) at the International Institute for Environment and Development, Andrew Steer, Moderator: Anca Gurzu
COP29: Bridging the Adaptation Financing Gap: Challenges and Potential Solutions

  • November 15, 2024

  • 13 Views

  • 42:53

Panelists discuss how to enhance partnerships and cooperation to scale up adaptation financing for EMDEs and explore the role various stakeholders play in n attracting private capital for adaptation investments.
Valerie Ramey, Introduction by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Mundell-Fleming Lecture: Do Cash Transfers Stimulate the Macroeconomy?

  • November 15, 2024

  • 12 Views

  • 1:17:15

Join us for an engaging session on how cash transfers can stimulate the macroeconomy.
Marina Azzimonti, Nirvana Mitra, Francisco Roch, Thomas Drechsel, Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Chair: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Session IV: Political Economy and Macroeconomic Policies

  • November 15, 2024

  • 13 Views

  • 1:39:51

Join us for an engaging session on political economy and macroeconomic policies at the 25th Annual Research Conference.
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director's Opening Remarks for Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo 25th Anniversary Conference

  • November 15, 2024

  • 140 Views

  • 04:28

Managing Director's Opening Remarks for Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo 25th Anniversary Conference
Ruud de Mooij, Morten Bo Christiansen, Marie Owens Thomsen, Tom Evans, Moderator: Pilita Clark
COP29: Destination Net Zero: The Urgent Need for a Global Carbon Tax on Aviation and Shipping

  • November 14, 2024

  • 11 Views

  • 45:28

This event addresses practical policy options, their implementation, and the allocation of revenues from pricing to drive meaningful change in the aviation and shipping sectors.