Issue Brief
The Cost of Debt in a Time of Overlapping Crises
Developing countries face escalating debt burdens, higher borrowing costs, and climate pressures, highlighting the need for systemic reform.
Apr 15, 2026
Article
Bolivia’s Streets Have Erupted. Here’s Why.
Jun 12, 2026
Article
It’s Long Past Time to Liberate Venezuela’s SDRs
Jan 22, 2026
Article
Workshop on the Role of SDRs for Global Stability and Sustainable Economic Transformation
Dec 19, 2025
Report
The United States, The IMF, and Special Drawing Rights
Oct 14, 2025
Press Release
New Paper Estimates That an SDR Allocation by the IMF Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives in a World Recession
Report
The United States, The IMF, and Special Drawing Rights
A new CEPR report projects that up to over a hundred-thousand US jobs could be saved were the International Monetary Fund to make a new major allocation of Special Drawing Rights, like it did in 2021.
Press Release
70 Civil Society Organizations Urge IMF to Fulfill Global Pledge for an SDRs Playbook
Press Release
CEPR Launches Data Dashboard to Track Countries’ Debt Distress and Climate Vulnerability
CEPR has launched a dashboard to track the debt distress and climate vulnerability of low- and middle-income countries around the world.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
(Foreign Policy) IMF Latest Loan to Argentina Is Part of its Decades-Long Failure There, and Is Widely Seen as Politically Driven
Foreign Policy: Mark Weisbrot writes for Foreign Policy about the IMF’s decision to loan tens of billions more to Milei’s government in Argentina, despite that half of the IMF board reportedly opposed the new loan.
Press Release
CEPR Co-Director to Participate in Papal Jubilee Commission on Debt, Development, and Climate Crises Today at the Vatican
Press Release
CEPR Mourns the Passing of Bernard Cassen
Event Recap
Decoding IMF Accounting, Unlocking the Full Potential of SDRs
The Center for Economic and Policy Research, ActionAid USA, MENAFem, Bretton Woods Project, and Latindadd hosted a panel discussion at the IMF-World Bank 2025 Spring Meeting Civil Society Policy Forum.
Article
Event: Decoding IMF Accounting: Unlocking the Full Potential of SDRs
The Center for Economic and Policy Research, ActionAid USA, MENAFem, Bretton Woods Project, and Latindadd invite you to a panel discussion at the IMF-World Bank 2025 Spring Meeting Civil Society Policy Forum.
Press Release
IMF and World Bank Meetings to Take Place Amid Unprecedented Uncertainty Around US Role in Global Economic System
The current crisis presents one of the most compelling examples of why the IMF needs to be reformed and become a real multilateral organization.
