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

In Focus

Video: IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot presented the discussion paper, “IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries” at an event featuring Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen, Asia Russell, Director of International Policy, Health Global Access Project, James Roaf, Deputy Division Chief in the Emerging Markets Unit of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR) at the IMF, that was moderated by Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition. October 15, 2009.

Video: The IMF's New Lending in a Time of Global Economic Downturn
Mark Weisbrot participated in a discussion with Hugh Bredenkamp, Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department at the IMF; Doug Rediker, Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation; Robert Weissman, Director of Essential Action, and Nancy Alexander of the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

Reports

Issues in Trade and Protectionism
November 2009, Dean Baker

Free Trade in Health Care: The Gains from Globalized Medicare and Medicaid
October 2009, Dean Baker and Hye Jin Rho

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Jake Johnston, Jose Antonio Cordero and Juan Antonio Montecino

Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy
July 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

Update on the Ecuadorian Economy
June 2009, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Op-Eds & Columns

Obama's 'Nuclear Option' on China's Yuan
Dean Baker
Christian Science Monitor, November 16, 2009

U.S. Must Solve Its Own Economic Problems
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 12, 2009

Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 12, 2009

A New Role For the IMF?

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 8, 2009

Debunking the Dumping-the-Dollar Conspiracy
Dean Baker
Foreign Policy, October 7, 2009

Press Releases

New Book Finds that Latin America Guarantees Paid Leave to New Moms, But Dads Have to Keep Working

November 17, 2009

CEPR Responds to IMF’s Defense of Questionable Policies During World Recession

October 22, 2009

New Report: Stemming the Rising Costs of Health Care Through Globalization

October 6, 2009

New Report Finds IMF Agreements Have Included Policies That Could Worsen Economic Slowdown in 31 of 41 Countries

October 5, 2009

IMF Conditions Harmful to Vulnerable Eastern European Economies

September 10, 2009

Other Resources

Read More...