In Focus

Latvia's Recession and Recovery: Are There Lessons for the Eurozone?
April 11, 2012

Reports

Latvia's Internal Devaluation: A Success Story?

December 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

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

The IMF and Economic Recovery: Is Fund Policy Contributing to Downside Risks?
October 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Montecino

Latvia’s Recession: The Cost of Adjustment With An “Internal Devaluation”
February 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

CEPR Responds to the IMF’s Reply and Defense of Its Policies During the World Recession
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot

Op-Eds & Columns

Wrong Lessons from Latvia for the Eurozone
Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, June 14, 2012

IMF Chief Praises Latvian "Success Story" - A Scary Speech for the Eurozone
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 7, 2012

Greece and Those Wild and Crazy Guys at the ECB
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, February 21, 2012

Europe’s Crisis and Latvia’s “Success”
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, December 15, 2011

Strauss-Kahn’s Legacy at the IMF: Less Than Meets the Eye?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 19, 2011

Events

Latvia's Recession and Recovery: Are There Lessons for the Eurozone?

The Future of Europe - How to Solve the Euro Crisis?

To Save or to Borrow for Development?

Macro-Economic Policy in the Eurozone: Are There Alternatives to Slow Growth and High Unemployment?

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries

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

Press Releases

Latvia’s Economic Failure Has Important Lessons for Eurozone, New CEPR Paper Concludes
December 8, 2011

G20 Continues With Failed Policies in Europe, Putting Regional and Global Economy at Risk, CEPR Co-Director Says
November 4, 2011

Debate on the Eurozone Crisis Between CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot and Luc Everaert, Assistant Director of the European Department of the IMF
September 29, 2011

New Paper Finds IMF Policies are Increasing Risks to Economic Recovery in European, Other Countries
October 21, 2010

IMF Forecasts Global Slowdown, But Policies Remain Pro-cyclical In Many Countries
October 6, 2010

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