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CEPR looks at the impact of international financial institutions on economic growth, poverty rates, and trade around the world.

Reports

Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

July 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

The Necessity of a Lower Dollar and the Route There

February 2012, Dean Baker

Macroeconomic Policy, Growth and Income Distribution in the Brazilian Economy in the 2000s
June 2011, Franklin Serrano and Ricardo Summa

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media?
December 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Tara Ruttenberg

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Op-Eds & Columns

"Free Trade" Agreements Won’t Create Jobs But a More Competitive Dollar Would

Mark Weisbrot
Fresno Bee (CA), May 9, 2013
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, May 9, 2013
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), May 9, 2013
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), May 9, 2013
Merced Sun-Star (CA), May 9, 2013
Bradenton Herald (FL), May 9, 2013
Beaufort Gazette (SC), May 9, 2013
Bellingham Herald (WA), May 9, 2013
Kansas City Star (KS), May 9, 2013
Anchorage Daily News (AK), May 9, 2013
Modesto Bee (CA), May 9, 2013
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), May 11, 2013
Salinas Californian (CA), May 11, 2013
Marysville Appeal-Democrat (CA), May 12, 2013
Gainesville Times (GA), May 12, 2013
Schenectady Gazette (NY), May 12, 2013
The Times of India, May 12, 2013
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), May 13, 2013
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), May 13, 2013
En Español

Watch Out, George Osborne: Smith, Marx and Even the IMF Are After You

Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, May 7, 2013

Contest for Head of WTO Pits Washington’s Candidate and Program Against Most of World

Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, May 5, 2013
En Español

Political Corruption and the "Free Trade" Racket

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 29, 2013

Indian Drug Ruling Strikes a Blow for Free Enterprise

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 8, 2013

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Events

The Future of Greece and the Euro Zone

The Hunger Games and Real World Economic Injustice

The D-Word: Can Default Save Greece? Or Is Austerity the Answer?

Latin America Unites and the Challenge to U.S. Hegemony

Transatlantic Perspectives on Current Financial and Economic Developments

The Fletcher Symposium on Colombian and Venezuelan Affairs

From Cochabamba to Cancun: Press Breakfast with Pablo Solon

The IMF and Capital Controls: Policy Implications

Health Care Reform and International Trade: Lost Opportunity?

The IMF's New Lending in a Time of Global Economic Downturn

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Press Releases

CEPR Co-Directors Call on Federal Reserve to Intervene in Spanish Bond Market
June 4, 2012

Obama Administration’s Nomination of Jim Yong Kim for World Bank President is a Victory for Reform, CEPR Co-Director Says
March 23, 2012

CEPR Co-Director Welcomes Jeffrey Sachs' Reform Candidacy for World Bank President
March 1, 2012

Debt, Deficits, and the Dollar: 7 Key Facts
June 16, 2011

Appointment of Stanley Fischer to Head the IMF Would "Institutionalize Lack of Accountability," CEPR Co-Director Says
June 13, 2011

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Other Resources

Video: Ecuador`s Debt Audit: Implications in the Global Economic Crisis
Minister of Finance of Ecuador, María Elsa Viteri, discussed the implications of the Ecuadorian debt situation in the context of the global economic crisis, including the negative impacts of deregulation of the financial markets and the lack of appropriate established international mechanisms for auditing developing country debt. December 11, 2008.

Audio and Video: Financial Turmoil and the "Solutions" -- Will it Help or Worsen the Effects on Developing Countries?
Discussion with Martin Khor, Director of the Third World Network and Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of CEPR, regarding the regulatory mechanisms needed to prevent another similar crisis, November 18, 2008.

Audio and Video: Global Financial Stability: What Role for the IMF?
Discussion featuring Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, Co-Directors at CEPR. October 9, 2008.

Video: Why the World Isn`t Flat: The Truth About Globalization and the Secret History of Capitalism
Book talk featuring CEPR Senior Research Associate Ha-Joon Chang on his book, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. The New America Foundation and CEPR co-sponsored this event that aired on C-SPAN`s BookTV. February 1, 2008.

Audio and Video: CEPR Economics Seminar Series
Audio and video files of ten CEPR lectures on economic issues.

IFI Watchnet
This international network connects organizations researching the international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, and regional development banks.

Institutional Change and Economic Development
edited by Ha-Joon Chang
United Nations University Press (2007)

Bad Samaritans:
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang
Bloomsbury Press (2007)

Ten Years After:
Revisiting the Asian Financial Crisis
a free e-book with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Asia Program (2007)

To order a free bound copy, email asia@wilsoncenter.org.

Latest Press Hits

As Japan Courts Growth, Europe Keeps Up Its Love Affair With Austerity
New York Times, May 16, 2013

OMC consagra a un latinoamericano en pos de cambiar el rumbo
180, May 15, 2013

Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like Corporate Takeover
Huffington Post, May 15, 2013

WTO Chooses New Latin American Chief to Mark a Change in Course
Inter Press Service, May 15, 2013

Peruvians Petition their President to Stick Up for their Digital Rights
Tech President, May 13, 2013