International Finance

  • Economics
    Innovative Financing Mechanisms: Strategic Philanthropy and Impact Bonds
    Podcast
    The international development financing landscape is changing. Today, official development assistance now comprises only 2 percent of financing flows in the developing world. New approaches to financing are needed to address pressing development challenges, including persistent inequalities for women and girls. Drawing upon their respective experiences, Fairhurst, Roberts, and Messing discuss two promising financing mechanisms: strategic philanthropy and impact bonds.
    Event with John Fairhurst, Debra Messing, Kate Roberts and Rachel B. Vogelstein December 6, 2016 Women and Foreign Policy Program
  • Financial Markets
    CFR Central Bank Currency Swap Interactive
    Central bank currency swaps are becoming the new cross-border tool of choice in financial crisis management.  This interactive explores the rapid growth of currency swaps since 2007 and its implications for the global financial system.
    Interactive by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker April 9, 2015
  • Global
    Ensuring Stability in an Age of Globalized Finance
    Play
    Christine M. Cumming of the New York Fed joins Andrés Rozental from the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations to discuss current economic trends and the role of the Fed in the financial regulatory system.
    Event with Christine M. Cumming and Andrés Rozental May 13, 2014