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Media	Title	Date
	Abdulhamid Alkhalifa: How multilateral development banks can deliver climate action The 2022 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC will take place against perhaps the bleakest background in decades, from the aftermath of COVID-19 to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation pressures.	Sun, Oct 9, 2022
	Laura Tyson and Harry Broadman: The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and US-China Relations The eagerness driving the Biden administration’s launch of its Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is perfectly understandable: the U.S. needs to raise its game and systematically tap into some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Indeed, the countries participating in developing the IPEF are states that have “good bones”: rapidly rising incomes; a workforce that is young, well-educated, and eager to hone their skills; and governments who understand that “rule of law” begets investment.	Tue, Aug 9, 2022
	Danny Leipziger: Why Central Banks Cannot Fix the State? There are many high-profile examples these days of shifting the problems of the “state” on to other institutions, thereby placing the latter in impossible situations. Looking at Europe, we see the European Central Bank grappling with widening bond spreads caused by deeply entrenched fiscal problem, such as those facing Italy. No matter how skillfully the ECB operates in bond markets, it cannot substitute for national actions, including those which raise political uncertainty and then increase spreads within the Eurozone.	Sun, Jul 31, 2022
	Open Blog Call: The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and US-China Relations BWC wants to hear its members’ take on how President Biden’s recent visit to Asia might shape Asian multilateral economic policy, and how might China respond to Biden's signature economic initiative for the region?	Thu, Jul 21, 2022
	Anthony Elson: The Need for WTO Reform The recent WTO Ministerial Conference MC12 that concluded on June 17 has been hailed as an important achievement of the WTO, given its agreement on a number of substantive issues that have been under discussion for some time, as listed in the MC12 Outcome Document.	Mon, Jul 18, 2022
	Anna Breman and Stefan Ingves: Climate: IMF conditionality could increase the speed and efficiency of climate financing Last year, the members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved an allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs) of USD 650 billion, the largest allocation in the history of the IMF. Since then, a new financing instrument at the IMF is being discussed, largely financed by these new SDRs.	Fri, May 20, 2022
	Kevin P. Gallagher: Answering Yellen’s Call for a Shake Up of the International Economic System In these times of information overload it is easy to overlook groundbreaking news. In the midst of the G7 walk out of the G20 meetings and subsequent inability of the International Monetary Fund to issue a communique at its annual meetings during a period of unprecedented economic uncertainty, US Treasury Secretary called for a fundamental reform of the international financial architecture. This is a major event for US policy, which is at the epicenter of the problem and the solution.	Tue, Apr 26, 2022
	Warren Coats: The Empire and the Dollar In our multicurrency world, the U.S. dollar is widely used for pricing internationally traded goods, for international payments, and for denominating the assets governments and companies hold as reserves. Why is that and what are its implications for U.S. behavior? What would a better system look like?	Mon, Mar 28, 2022
	Herman Mulder: IFI’s as Game Changers for a new Economy By: Herman Mulder, Former ABN AMRO Bank; co-initiator of the 2003 Equator Principles; Chair True Price, Impact Economy Foundation; Chair SDG Netherlands.	Tue, Mar 8, 2022
	Gary Kleiman: War-Torn Country Banking Systems Beg Repair Small policy decisions and temporary fixes are often offered at the beginning of a conflict, but IFIs need to begin making larger reforms sooner instead of postponing them. This way, economic systems can heal holistically instead of receiving temporary band-aids.	Thu, Mar 3, 2022