Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting Roundup
It’s not clear to me what sort of timetable emergingmarkets.org publishes on but the site got it together to cover the Inter-American Development Bank’s annual meeting this weekend to publish a whole...
View ArticleA sampling of World Bank projects in Brazil’s Northeast
Directly from a speech delivered Tuesday by outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick: A project to support the water sector in Sergipe (US$70.3 million), The Piauí Green Growth Development Policy...
View ArticleRoadkill from the World Bank presidency shoutfest
POP QUIZ: How much money did the 54 African countries supporting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s World Bank presidential candidacy donate to the World Bank’s current US$50 billion funding profile? Answer: We’ll...
View ArticleIMF, World Bank negotiators, take note: A novel approach to Game Theory
Golden Balls, the British prisoner’s dilemma game show that showcases “the ultimate test of faith, trust and greed” features a final showdown in which two contestants must decide whether to split or...
View ArticleThe IMF finally considers nuance in capital controls policy
After a three-year review of its policy on capital controls, the IMF is reversing its stance, effectively connoting a status for the institution that brings to mind a certain Kent ‘Flounder’ Dorfman:...
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