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International Monetary Fund

Back to original mission

Why emerging markets deserve more say at IMF

IMF

European discomfort

The IMF’s role in the euro crisis is awkward

HIPC Initiative

Back to square one

Countries that have been granted debt relief risk renewed insolvency

Climate change

Loss and damage gets a boost

Experts call for a global market price for carbon emissions

World economy

Cooperation beats confrontation

In times of financial distress, countries are likely to ask for support from both established and new IFIs

Relevant reading

Debate on industrial policy

Relevant reading: World Bank economists disagree about interventionist industrial policy

Poverty

Major breakthrough

What last year’s update of the World Bank’s poverty line means

Poverty

New poverty line better reflects reality

World Bank updated key indicator for measuring poverty

Health care

Zika and pharma research

Zika proves we need publicly funded pharma research

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.