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
Article
No More Excuse for Surcharges: the Target for Precautionary Balances Has Been Reached
New calculations negate one of the main rationales the IMF has put forward to justify its unfair, unnecessary, and counterproductive surcharge policy.
Article
The IMF Must End Its Hypocrisy on Climate
The IMF must be brought into the twenty-first century if it is to play a constructive role in ending the climate crisis.
Press Release
New Report Examines the Impact of Special Drawing Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean
Report
More SDRs for Latin America and the Caribbean: An Effective Tool in an Era of Multiple Crises
This report explains how issuances of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are an effective tool to mitigate the effects of the multiple crises that Latin American and Caribbean countries currently face.
Press Release
Ahead of COP28, Civil Society Groups Call for End to IMF Surcharges So that Heavily Indebted Countries Can Better Respond to Climate Crisis
The World Needs More Special Drawing Rights Now
SDRs are international reserve assets issued by the IMF. Countries can use their SDRs to pay debts, bolster foreign reserves — thereby helping avert debilitating financial crises — or, by exchanging them for hard currency, fund purchases of essential goods.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
(Counterspin) Mark Weisbrot’s Interview on Argentina’s Election
Counterspin: Janine Jackson, author, program director, and producer/host of FAIR’s syndicated weekly radio show Counterspin, interviewed Mark Weisbrot, economist and CEPR co-director, on Javier and the Argentine presidential election.
Press Release
Argentina Election: “No one so extremist on economic issues has been elected president of a South American country,” Says CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot
Report
Le fardeau croissant de la dette des pays du Sud: un obstacle à la réalisation des objectifs climatiques et de développement
Près de 80 pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire sont considérés par les institutions internationales comme surendettés ou présentant un risque de surendettement.
Report
The Growing Debt Burdens of Global South Countries: Standing in the Way of Climate and Development Goals
Nearly 80 low- and middle-income countries are considered by international institutions as being in or at risk of debt distress.