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Kyiv life, birthright citizenship and a Congo mission

Ukraine’s capital buzzes by day even after nights of terror – hear how its residents navigate the contrast. A judge has blocked Trump’s attempt to deny citizenship rights to babies born in the U.S. Plus, how a U.S. mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unravelled. Sign up for the ... Show More

11m 50s

Jul 10

Texas warnings, Brazil tariffs, OpenAI and TikTok

Texas officials have come under fire over whether they could have done more to warn people about the deadly flash flooding. U.S. President Donald Trump slaps a hefty 50 percent tariff on Brazil. And in tech, OpenAI ventures into browsing, while TikTok unveils plans for a new U.S. ... Show More

12m 44s

Jul 9

Copper, critical minerals, 'Trump effect' and SCOTUS

U.S. President Donald Trump broadens his trade war, slapping a 50% tariff on copper. The White House's 'Trump Effect' website takes credit for investment made before his term began. We look at how U.S. buyers of critical minerals can bypass China’s export ban. And the Supreme Cou ... Show More

11m 53s

May 2023

Nadia Fettah and Jihad Azour: Morocco Gives Voice to the Global South

Like so many countries across the Middle East and North Africa, Morocco faced successive shocks over the past three years including a devastating drought. But the country managed well thanks to an aggressive reform agenda. In this podcast, Morocco’s Finance Minister Nadia Fettah, ... Show More

26m 8s

Apr 2021

Kristalina Georgieva: A Time of Promise and Danger

More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis, signs of a recovery for some countries are slowly beginning to emerge. But in her customary curtain-raiser speech ahead of next week's virtual IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said high uncertain ... Show More

15m 39s

Apr 2021

Global Financial Stability and Interest Rates

While emerging markets suffered huge portfolio outflows at the beginning of the pandemic, the latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) shows capital flows have returned and the outlook continues to improve, partly because of low interest rates in countries such as the Unit ... Show More

15m 4s

Oct 2023

Are the IMF and World Bank good or bad for Africa?

Since the second world war, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have attempted to help countries in financial difficulties by providing low interest loans. This week the two Bretton Woods institutions have been holding their annual meetings in the Moroccan to ... Show More

18m 15s

Oct 2022

A gloomy global economic outlook from the IMF

The International Monetary Fund has issued a gloomy forecast for 2023, saying the "worst is yet to come" for the global economy. The IMF says more than a third of the world's economy will shrink in the year to come, including the US, the EU and China. We look at the detail with f ... Show More

27m 34s

Jul 2023

Argentina and the IMF reach agreement on a last minute loan

Argentina has reached a $7.5bn agreement with the International Monetary Fund, as it tries to get its troubled economy back on track. The South American nation has been in negotiations with the Fund for months over its $44 billion loan program. That's the biggest outstanding deal ... Show More

27m 8s

Sep 2022

Inflation, recession? What next for the global economy? Three experts dig into the latest Chief Economists Outlook

What’s going on in the global economy? It is a question that the World Economic Forum’s Community of Chief Economists seeks to answer every three months with its Chief Economists Outlook.For large parts of the world inflation is high and rising, cutting deep into people’s real in ... Show More

35m 20s

Jun 2023

The fight to shake up global climate finance

The calls for change are being led by the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley. Her country wants the IMF and the World Bank to be able to help developing nations invest in clean energy and improve their resilience to the impacts of climate change. Also on the programme; with ... Show More

50m 1s

Apr 2023

Bright or turbulent? Mixed views on global economy’s prospects

Bright or turbulent? Mixed views on the global economy’s prospects The IMF and World Bank spring conference has been hearing mixed views on the immediate prospects for the global economy. IMF Chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas reckons that ‘turbulence is building and the s ... Show More

26m 27s

IMF-World Bank meeting: Old problems and...