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CGD NOTES
March 29, 2022
IMF and World Bank 2022 growth projections for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), released in January this year, were not encouraging. They found that deteriorated macroeconomic fundamentals, partly resulting from policy responses to the pandemic, deep institutional deficiencies, and...
Sep
14
2021
2:00—3:00 PM Washington DC Time
July 28, 2021
Extreme episodes of capital flow volatility have long been a concern for policymakers in Latin America because of the threat that they pose to macroeconomic and financial stability. In the decade following the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, capital flows seemed to move more in ripples than in wa...
Sep
16
2020
3:00—4:15 PM ET
September 09, 2020
COVID-19 has taken a large toll on lives and on economies in Latin America and the Caribbean and it is far from over. The deep recession and the serious income losses for families and firms may bring significant challenges for financial systems. As a result, good policies will be critical to naviga...
Jul
22
2020
11:30—12:30 PM ET
July 16, 2020
According to IMF and World Bank forecasts, Latin America will be the most affected region by the COVID-19 crisis in terms of economic growth. Varying degrees of lockdowns and the shock to trade, commodity, prices, tourism, and remittances from the pandemic – exacerbated by already weak health system...
Jan
16
2020
9:30—11:00 AM
January 07, 2020
Following a year during which the global economy registered its weakest performance of the past decade, global growth is expected to recover slightly in 2020. However, the global economy is confronted by numerous risks, including trade tensions, financial stress, and geopolitical concerns. The mater...
Apr
10
2018
9:30—11:30 AM
March 26, 2018
Since the early 2000s, Latin America has become increasingly integrated with the global economy, liberalizing trade and opening its capital account. These initiatives were prompted by the assumption that advanced economies would not impose barriers to the cross-border movement of goods and services....
Jan
16
2018
9:30—11:00 AM
January 02, 2018
The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects 2018 recognizes that the global economy is enjoying a long-awaited broad-based cyclical recovery. In this favorable environment, the Bank expects growth in emerging and developing countries to continue during the next couple of years. But this is no t...
Blog Post
December 14, 2017
What's going to happen in the world of development in 2018? Will we finally understand how to deal equitably with refugees and migrants? Or how technological progress can work for developing countries? Or what the impact of year two of the Trump Administration will be? Today’s podcast, our...
Blog Post
December 20, 2016
In 2016 on the CGD Podcast, we have discussed some of development's biggest questions: How do we pay for development? How do we measure the sustainable development goals (SDGs)? What should we do about refugees and migrants? And is there life yet in the notion of globalism? The links to all the ...
Blog Post
April 27, 2016
Does broadening financial access to large segments of the population pose risks to financial stability? Not necessarily, according to recent remarks by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde. Increasing access to basic financial transactions such as payments does not threaten financial st...