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October 23, 2024

Climate Change
Understanding the Global Push for Climate Finance

Countries will collectively need to spend trillions of dollars to reach their decarbonization goals and protect the most vulnerable nations from climate disasters, but experts say that current fundin…

A worker cleans the solar panels at the 15MW Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant in Nouakchott, on March 21, 2023.
Backgrounder by Clara Fong

February 5, 2010

Economic Crises
The Sovereign Debt Dilemma

Markets’ reaction to the sovereign debt crisis in Greece and other European countries suggests global governments "have used up all their ammunition to boost global growth," and could be punished by …

Interview by Sebastian Mallaby and Roya Wolverson

May 3, 2023

Economics
Getting Debt Restructuring Terms Right

State contingent instruments can play a role in debt restructuring agreements, but they shouldn’t be a give-away to investors.  There is a compelling case for their use in Zambia—but not in Sri Lanka…

Andrea Shalal moderates an IMF roundtable on tackling public debt with Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department IMF, Felix Nkulukusa, Secretary to the Treasury, Zambia, Marco Buti, Head of Cabinet of European Commission and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Director and Economic Counsellor, Research Department, IMF, during IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund Building in Washington, U.S.
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 28, 2022

Emerging Economies
Debt Distress: Can Emerging Markets Withstand Rising Costs?

Struggling to make ends meet as inflation and interest rates climb, many emerging markets will have to pursue difficult debt restructuring with international creditors.

People block a main road as they wait for gas trucks to arrive in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Article by Brad W. Setser Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

October 17, 2024

Trade
From Redistribution to “Predistribution”—Rebuilding Worker Support for Markets and Trade

The CFR RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership initiative looks to assess the role of the United States in the international economy, analyze what is at stake for the American people, and…

Play Alex Raskolnikov, Benn Steil, and Lydia DePillis seated on stage at the Council on Foreign Relations New York City office.
Virtual Event by Alex Raskolnikov, Benn Steil, Lydia DePillis, and Matthew P. Goodman Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

November 12, 2024

Immigration and Migration
An Immigration Debate Worth Having

The best immigration policy is one that helps developing countries hold on to their best.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California on April 5, 2019.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition