The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is engaged in supporting the global effort to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030. The IMF is involved with the SDGs wherever they affect economic stability or sustainable and inclusive growth.…
Economic and social policy decisions are increasingly becoming data-dependent. Specific key metrics and indicators are now being rigorously monitored as a precursor to decision-making in connection with public policy issues. While “management by objectives” techniques are well-established and widely practiced…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) held its Joint Annual Spring Meeting with the World Bank in Washington over the period April 17-19. These annual meetings provide opportunities for the world’s leading economists, finance ministers and central bankers to discuss current…
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international financial institution originally proposed by China. In Beijing on October 24, 2014, twenty-one nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that formally established the AIIB. In addition to China, the initial…
The Max Planck Sciences Po Center in Paris has published an insightful discussion paper with the title The Superiority of Economists. This paper, by three French academic authors, presents an in-depth analysis of the factors that distinguish the economics profession from…
Jean Tirole, a professor at the Toulouse School of Economics, is the recipient of the 2014 Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel. Tirole is chairman of the board of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation at the…
The publication by the Inter-American Development Bank of a timely book Better Pensions and Better Jobs: Towards Universal Coverage represents a significant contribution to the literature on the subjects of pension provision and the economics of the labor market in…
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, delivered a lecture in London in February on the topic New Multilateralism for the Twenty-first Century. This lecture is important for its messages concerning the need for new multilateral approaches to the challenges…
The UN Office for South-South Cooperation fosters collaboration among Southern countries in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and technical domains. This cooperation is intended to assist developing countries in the global South to share knowledge, skills, expertise and resources…
The annual meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA) and allied social science associations, held in Philadelphia at the beginning of January, provided opportunities for economists to meet and present papers on a wide variety of timely topics. Access to…