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
Omitting the Evidence: What the IMF Gets Wrong about Venezuela
What the IMF Gets Wrong about Venezuela
CEPR Spotlight: The IMF
CEPR has played a leading role in educating policymakers and the general public on the importance of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and in supporting a successful campaign for a major allocation of SDRs by the International Monetary Fund
Press Release
To Address the Climate Crisis, IMF Governance Should Take Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Consideration, New Paper Proposes
Report
Putting Climate at the Core of IMF Governance
This paper proposes a necessary update to the IMF’s voting formula by adding a variable representing member states’ shares of cumulative CO2 emissions since 1944.
Article
IMF Surcharges Can Be Removed as Precautionary Balances Are Safely Within Target
With the IMF projecting a steady increase in the amount of countries that will pay surcharges, largely as a result of external economic shocks, it is the right moment for surcharges to be safely terminated.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Bangladesh is Richer than Denmark: Amazing Things You Can Learn at NPR
Denmark’s per capita income (the most basic measure of economic well-being) is almost 10 times as large as Bangladesh’s. How did NPR get things so badly wrong?
Article
Lula’s Victory Opens a Window of Opportunity for a New UNASUR
President Lula, designate your ambassador for regional integration and create that channel of communication now. There is no time to lose.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
(The Hill) Why Is the IMF Collecting Surcharges from Developing Countries?
The Hill: The IMF has $1 trillion in lending capacity. There is no excuse for taking this money at a time when tens of millions of people in the countries that must pay it are facing increasing adversity.
Press Release
New Paper Warns of Drawbacks to IMF Proposals for Rechanneling SDRs
Report
The Case for More Special Drawing Rights: Rechanneling Is No Substitute for a New Allocation
In this paper, we will demonstrate that by turning a reserve asset that adds nothing to a country’s debt, and that has no conditions attached to it, into a loan with conditions attached, the main proposals for rechanneling SDRs have altered the nature of
