SDRs in the News
A No-Brainer for Global Growth and US Jobs, Joseph Stiglitz and Mark Weisbrot, Project Syndicate, January 10 (2025)
Booker Urges President Biden to Support $650 Billion Issuance of SDRs to Stabilize Global Economy, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), January 10, 2025
Catholic leaders/organizations urge Biden to support debt relief measures, December 19 (2024)
Official Statement of Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley to the United Nations General Assembly, September 27 (2024)
The World Needs Bigger and Better Financial Firefighters, Marina Zucker-Marques and Kevin P. Gallagher, Project Syndicate, September 18 (2024)
One more item on Labour’s long to-do list: repair the UK aid budget, Larry Elliot, The Guardian, September 15 (2024)
Development Banks Back SDR Use for Anti-Hunger Alliance, Mirage News, August 13 (2024)
African faith leaders want fresh debt forgiveness for African countries, Ayodeji Adegboyega, Premium Times, July 22 (2024)
Unlocking IMF Reform, Barry Eichengreen, Project Syndicate, July 17 (2024)
80 years post Bretton Woods, it’s time for just finance, Jon Sward, Lara Merling, Niranjali Amirasinghe, DevEx, July 8 (2024)
Wealthy nations must do more through IMF relief, Mark Harrison, Baltimore Sun, June 26 (2024)
The new development and climate finance agenda, Michael Jacobs, ODI, June 21 (2024)
The G7 Cannot Afford to Ignore Africa, Hakainde Hichilema, Project Syndicate, June 12 (2024)
Addressing the triple threat of debt, climate, and development, Manasi Karthik, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 10 (2024)
Beyond Crises: The future of Special Drawing Rights as a source of development and climate finance, Didier Jacobs, Oxfam, June 6 (2024)
Special Drawing Rights Reconsidered, Edwin M. Truman, International Monetary Fund, June (2024)
Multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow, Amanat Ali Chaudhry, The News International, May 27 (2024)
The IMF Approves a New Use of SDRs! What’s Next?, Mark Plant, Center for Global Development, May 15 (2024)
Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over, Ishac Diwan and Vera Songwe, Project Syndicate, April 16 (2024)
At last G20 is showing how to finance an assault on poverty, Larry Elliot, The Guardian, April 14 (2024)
World needs a new Special Drawing Rights issuance — SA should champion the way, Michael Galant and Kamal Ramburuth, Daily Maverick, April 11 (2024)
The IMF’s Shareholders Disappoint on SDRs, Mark Plant, Center for Global Development, March 26 (2024)
CSO demands effective legislative framework for utilisation of SDR Funds, News Agency of Nigeria, February 8 (2024)
From Vision to Reality, Getting the Job Done: Executive Secretary Speech, United Nations, February 2 (2024)
UN: Global order under threat by a retreat from multilateralism, Kanaga Raja, Third World Network Information Service, January 30 (2024)
Too much asked of special drawing rights in tackling climate change, Mark Sobel, OMFIF, January 26 (2024)
“The simplest and most effective way to get additional purchasing power into the hands of the countries that need it is via a new issue of the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), which are additions to members’ foreign currency reserves…That is just what is needed in this crisis.”
