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By Atlantic Council experts
Atlantic Council experts are on the ground at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings to analyze whether the Bretton Woods institutions can guide the world through an uncertain recovery.
By Olga Khakova, Charles Lichfield
The longer the war lasts, the more it will consume funds initially meant for long-term investments and reconstruction.
Econographics
By Hung Tran
Brazil’s non-aligned, cooperative, and practical approach holds out the promise of a constructive outcome for this year’s G20 meetings—especially if progress is measured by concrete global initiatives.
By Katherine Walla
“Making the right policy choices will define the future of the world economy,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said at the Atlantic Council.
The US president met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this week in Washington.
Sinographs
It is reasonable to criticize and complain to China, but policymakers should remember that an end to overcapacity would mean a major shift in China’s economic model—which is exceedingly unlikely.
By Jörn Fleck, Josh Lipsky, David O. Shullman
The European Commission president presented a new economic vision for the European Union’s relationship with China in March 2023.
By Yulia Bychkovska
Moscow is trying to increase Africa’s dependence on its imports by blocking the exports of Ukrainian grain. By helping Ukraine sell its grain, the West can offer the African continent an alternative to Russia’s grain and decrease Russia’s profits.
By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze
Beijing has developed a way to import Iranian and Russian oil while bypassing the Western financial system and shipping services.
The politics and mathematics of reform are tougher than they appear. A simple reform matching quotas to global economic weight will not be welcomed by many countries.
