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The Future of Transatlantic Trade and Investment: Opportunities and Challenges

May 23, 2013

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Balancing Technocrats with Democratic Politics

May 10, 2013, Kemal Derviş

Why Global Education Financing Must Be Part of Europe's Financial Transaction Tax Revenues for Development

May 1, 2013, Sarah O’Hagan and Rebecca Winthrop

Era of Big Oil Secrecy is Over

April 24, 2013, Daniel Kaufmann

If every country tries to race towards the lowest rate, then in the end nobody gains. If you believe there should be no government at all, then fine. But if you believe some government is good, then you cannot have a system that erodes the tax base in all major countries.

March 28, 2013, Kemal Derviş, New York Times

Is Russian Peter Being Used to Pay the Cypriot's Paul?

March 21, 2013, Bessma Momani

Could Financial Transaction Taxes Underway in Europe Help Education in Developing Countries?

February 14, 2013, Sarah O’Hagan and Rebecca Winthrop

The Centrists Cannot Hold

January 14, 2013, Kemal Derviş

IMF Concerned With the Pace of France’s Economic Reform

January 8, 2013, Domenico Lombardi

Brookings Survey on Eurozone Progress

December 12, 2012, Justin Vaïsse, Douglas J. Elliott, Domenico Lombardi and Thomas Wright

The IMF in Greece: Marking New Territory

November 26, 2012, Domenico Lombardi

Why the End of British Aid to India Won’t Matter

November 21, 2012, Raj M. Desai and Natasha Ledlie

The Global Economy in Barack Obama’s Second Term

November 7, 2012, Kemal Derviş

IMF + ECB = OMT

November 2012, Domenico Lombardi

The [International Monetary Fund's] executive board is really the policy-making body of the institution. If you have a stronger voice in the executive board, you end up affecting the policies and the program of the institution.

October 14, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Bloomberg

Global Lenders Rebuild Identities After the Crisis

October 12, 2012, Eswar Prasad

IMF 2012 Annual Meeting: Venturing Into Uncharted Waters

October 5, 2012, Domenico Lombardi

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We are very close to a full blown systemic crisis of the euro area and it is the IMF's duty to make sure the situation is stabilized. The conditions in which the IMF involvement will take place are extremely challenging and unprecedented. It puts the IMF at the heart of the euro area policymaking machinery.

October 2, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Reuters

The European Central Bank’s New Bond-Buying Program: Implications for Italy

September 11, 2012, Domenico Lombardi

[An official-sector restructuring] would encourage a re-engagement of the IMF in Greece. In fact, the IMF is bound to fund 'sustainable policies' in any borrowing country and the current outlook in Greece -- with GDP in freefall and the debt-to-GDP ratio skyrocketing -- looks anything but sustainable.

September 11, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Wall Street Journal

Isolation and Stalemate in the World Economy

July 2012, Domenico Lombardi

Strengthening the International Monetary Fund

June 2012, Domenico Lombardi

What we've already seen in Greece, where the IMF's share dropped from 30% to 16%, will become the modus operandi for the next wave of programs. The IMF wants to mitigate the threat of excessive exposure to Europe.

May 9, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Wall Street Journal

The Eurozone Needs a Seat at the IMF Table

April 17, 2012, Domenico Lombardi and Jim O'Neill

The International Monetary Fund: Setting Up Shop in Europe

March 2012, Domenico Lombardi