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Latest posts
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Obituary: Anwar Shaikh (1945-2026)
Anwar Shaikh passed away this month, on October 6, leaving behind an intellectual legacy that will endure for generations.
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Inequality and limits of export-led growth: A tale of two Costa Ricas
Costa Rica is a small country that enjoys an outsized international reputation.
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Brazil in Dispute: Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro, and the future of Brazil
On 25 October 2026, Brazil will decide which model of economic and social development it wishes to follow over the next four years.
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Call for participants: IDEAs Political Economy Reading Circle (PERC)
DEAs Political Economy Reading Circle (PERC) is a new online initiative that brings together Latin American and Caribbean students and researchers for collective reading, discussion, and critical exchange on key thinkers in political economy.
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Debt swaps and the fiction of debt relief
Debt swaps should not be promoted as debt restructuring instruments.
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Why “mobilising” domestic resources does not finance development and what to do instead
For decades, a remarkably resilient narrative has structured policy discourse within the United Nations system, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and finance ministries across the global South: the assertion that “there is no money”
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From fragmentation to integration: Unlocking payments for growth in Africa
This report documents and analyses the state of Africa's payment systems and the ongoing effort to integrate them.
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Financing for development: Reconceptualising domestic resource mobilisation and the institutional architecture
This paper critiques the orthodox domestic resource mobilisation paradigm, highlighting both its theoretical limitations and its role in perpetuating financial dependency, inequality, and underdevelopment.
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Independent Panel (Week of IMF World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum 2026): “A new transition in Vietnam? Manoeuvring the new protectionism”
Participate in the independent panel: "A new transition in Vietnam? Manoeuvring the new protectionism"
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BWI’s response to the Asian financial crisis in Southeast Asia and its legacy
This article argues the Annual Meetings in Bangkok provide an opportunity for a change of approach so that the Bank and Fund avoid losing what is left of their legitimacy.