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Blog Post
February 23, 2022
On August 23rd, 2021, the IMF allocated $650 billion of Special Drawing Rights to its member countries, in proportion to their quotas. Yet many decried that the distribution of the new allocation was not aimed at those countries that needed it the most. Something had to be done, quickly, t...
Blog Post
February 10, 2022
The EU-AU summit is an important moment where the European Union could announce an ambitious plan to recycle its Special Drawing Rights which our analysis shows there is plenty of room to do. While some EU countries have been at the forefront of advocating for recycling, as a group the EU membe...
Blog Post
January 20, 2022
Ongoing and looming global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have brought renewed attention to the delivery of global public goods (GPGs)—goods that benefit the entire world and can only be provided through cooperation between countries, like public health, climate action, and ...
Blog Post
January 17, 2022
Tracking the movements of IMF special drawing rights (SDRs) can be confusing and challenging. In an effort to increase transparency around SDR transactions, the IMF released its Annual Update on SDR Trading Operations. Most of the report focuses on Voluntary Trade Arrangements, a backbone of the SDR...
Blog Post
January 13, 2022
Despite global and regional commitments to ensure that all children have access to education, refugee children are being left behind. Refugee enrollment in secondary school lags behind host community children in nearly all major host countries, with gaps often more severe for girls.
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January 11, 2022
In 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its periodic Comprehensive Surveillance Review (CSR), which considered how the IMF should update the analysis and advice it gives member countries as part of its mandated surveillance function. In considering the review, the IMF Executiv...