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Regional Economic Outlook: The Caucasus and Central Asia

  • November 19, 2024

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  • 01:04

Jihad Azour, IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlines three key facts about the economic outlook for the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Jihad Azour
Regional Economic Outlook: The Caucasus and Central Asia

  • November 19, 2024

  • 1 Views

  • 01:04

Jihad Azour, IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlines three key facts about the economic outlook for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Jihad Azour
Russian: Regional Economic Outlook: The Caucasus and Central Asia

  • November 18, 2024

  • 0 Views

  • 01:04

Jihad Azour, IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlines three key facts about the economic outlook for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Aleksi Aleksishvili, Daouda Sembene, Chris Papageorgiou, Moderator: Lisa Abramowicz
Transforming Industries for Growth in a Fragmented World

  • November 18, 2024

  • 0 Views

  • 59:51

Economic diversification is essential in promoting sustainable growth and improving living standards in developing economies. This event focuses on policies to tackle barriers to diversification including both broad-based and industrial policies.
Shahin Mahmuzade, Jadwiga Massinga, Stephane Hallegatte Senior Climate Change Adviser, Alessandra Alfieri, Moderator: Professor Matthew Agarwala
COP29: Measuring Climate Risks for Smarter Adaptation and Mitigation Solutions

  • November 16, 2024

  • 20 Views

  • 50:48

This joint session with the World Bank will focus on global efforts to build an internationally accepted framework for measuring both physical and transition risks of climate change.
Bo Li, Franz Tattenbach, Samba Thiam, Moderator: Simon Jessop
COP29: The Pioneering Role of IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) in Climate Action

  • November 15, 2024

  • 14 Views

  • 41:25

Panelists discuss how specific countries benefited from the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) and the lessons learned in the process.
Bo Li, Rania Al Mashat Minister of Planning, Tracy Kajumba Director of the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) at the International Institute for Environment and Development, Andrew Steer, Moderator: Anca Gurzu
COP29: Bridging the Adaptation Financing Gap: Challenges and Potential Solutions

  • November 15, 2024

  • 12 Views

  • 42:53

Panelists discuss how to enhance partnerships and cooperation to scale up adaptation financing for EMDEs and explore the role various stakeholders play in n attracting private capital for adaptation investments.
Valerie Ramey, Introduction by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Mundell-Fleming Lecture: Do Cash Transfers Stimulate the Macroeconomy?

  • November 15, 2024

  • 5 Views

  • 1:17:15

Join us for an engaging session on how cash transfers can stimulate the macroeconomy.
Marina Azzimonti, Nirvana Mitra, Francisco Roch, Thomas Drechsel, Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Chair: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Session IV: Political Economy and Macroeconomic Policies

  • November 15, 2024

  • 3 Views

  • 1:39:51

Join us for an engaging session on political economy and macroeconomic policies at the 25th Annual Research Conference.
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director's Opening Remarks for Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo 25th Anniversary Conference

  • November 15, 2024

  • 138 Views

  • 04:28

Managing Director's Opening Remarks for Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo 25th Anniversary Conference
Ruud de Mooij, Morten Bo Christiansen, Marie Owens Thomsen, Tom Evans, Moderator: Pilita Clark
COP29: Destination Net Zero: The Urgent Need for a Global Carbon Tax on Aviation and Shipping

  • November 14, 2024

  • 11 Views

  • 45:28

This event addresses practical policy options, their implementation, and the allocation of revenues from pricing to drive meaningful change in the aviation and shipping sectors.
Kristalina Georgieva
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Opening Remarks

  • November 14, 2024

  • 38 Views

  • 13:30

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath open the 25th Annual Research Conference.
Moderator: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Policy Panel

  • November 14, 2024

  • 840 Views

  • 1:29:42

Join us for an engaging policy panel discussion at the 25th Annual Research Conference on reassessing policy tools for current and future challenges.
Chair: Emine Boz
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Session I

  • November 14, 2024

  • 33 Views

  • 2:17:01

Join us for an engaging first session on post-COVID inflation dynamics at the 25th Annual Research Conference.

Chair: Giovanni Dell’Ariccia
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Session II

  • November 14, 2024

  • 29 Views

  • 1:28:09

Join us for an engaging session on capital flows and market volatility at the 25th Annual Research Conference.
25th Jacques Polak Annual Research: Opening Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva

  • November 14, 2024

  • 36 Views

  • 05:23

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva opens the 25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference.
Alfred Kammer
Regional Economic Outlook Update for Europe, November 2024

  • November 14, 2024

  • 19 Views

  • 01:06

Europe’s economy is recovering, yet, the recovery is falling short of its full potential. Find out how Europe can get its economies into a higher gear.

Mark Malloch Brown, Andrew Steer, Helen Mountford, Amal-Lee Amin, Moderator: James Astill
COP29: The Role for the Bretton Woods Institutions in Climate Action

  • November 12, 2024

  • 52 Views

  • 48:37

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Bretton Woods institutions. This session features a range of perspectives on what is working, how to scale those efforts up and what else can be done over the next few critical decades.

توقعات النمو 2024 في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

  • November 12, 2024

  • 10 Views

  • 00:18

مستجدات أكتوبر 2024
Ruud de Mooij, Ana Toni, Tinne Van der Straeten, Moderator: Will Kennedy
COP29: This Critical Decade: A Wake-up Call for Global Climate Action

  • November 12, 2024

  • 86 Views

  • 38:09

This session assesses the question: Is the world on track to net zero? Building on updated IMF research, it will explore how to equitably close the global gap in climate ambition to achieve the Paris Agreement goals.
Gregor Schwerhoff
COP29: Unlocking Financing for the Green Transition in Emerging and Developing Economies

  • November 11, 2024

  • 12 Views

  • 03:35

To hit net zero by 2050, emerging and developing countries will need substantial amounts of additional renewable energy investment--because domestic financial resources are limited, foreign direct investment, or FDI, is key.