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Blog Post
August 18, 2022
Last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board approved the institution’s first Gender Mainstreaming Strategy. This is good news—and the process used by the IMF gender team to draft and seek feedback on the strategy bodes well for the implementation of this important work. But the proof of...
Blog Post
August 11, 2022
Ahead of COP27, which will take place in Egypt in November 2022, CGD hosted an event that aimed to identify the challenges of mobilizing private finance for climate action in Africa as well as the opportunities and policies needed to overcome them. From the rich discussions, we have summarized a ran...
Aug
25
2022
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August 08, 2022
In launching its first-ever Gender Mainstreaming Strategy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken an unprecedented step. The strategy’s development and recent Board approval reflect the Fund’s understanding of the macro-critical nature of gender equality as well as macroeconomic policies’ a...
Blog Post
July 20, 2022
Given the significant role the IMF plays in shaping governments’ macroeconomic policies through providing loans and guidance, an increased focus on gender equality at the Fund is critical. The new gender strategy will help to increase alignment between the Fund’s support to governments and its own r...
Aug
2
2022
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July 15, 2022
In recent years, donors and governments have given more attention to promoting women's economic empowerment as a development priority, but the extent to which rhetoric has translated into increased financing remains unclear.
Blog Post
July 05, 2022
If the objective is to grow women’s businesses by providing capital infusions, programs can nudge women to invest more of their capital in their own businesses by making accessible capital in-kind (and less likely to be easily divided) or providing access to individual accounts through mobile bankin...
Blog Post
June 30, 2022
Improving the effectiveness and traction of IMF surveillance could enable timely responses to climate-related crises. Overseeing the international monetary system and the policies of its member countries—an activity known as “surveillance”—is a key function the IMF performs to promote global economi...
Jul
19
2022
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June 30, 2022
Beyond microfinance, there is a wide range of interventions and policies that financial actors can take to reach and benefit women in low- and middle-income countries, as well as promote sustainable, inclusive economic development