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SDRs Are the Great Untapped Source of Climate Finance, Jayati Ghosh, Project Syndicate, December 12 (2023)
African Union Asks IMF for $650 Billion in Special Drawing Rights For Climate Crisis, Bloomberg, September 8 (2023)
President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, supports SDR issuances to address climate change in conversation with US Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez, Casar, and Frost, ORFETV, August 23 (2023)
Immediate help for Developing Countries is Available, But The US Treasury Is Blocking It, Mark Weisbrot, The Nation, July 12 (2023)
To Tackle Climate Change, the Cycle of Crisis, Debt, and Underinvestment in the Global South Must End, Center of American Progress (CAP), June 5 (2023)
IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023, AP News, Washington Post, April 6 (2023)
Where Is the Global South’s Rescue Brigade?, Vera Songwe, Project Syndicate, March 27 (2023)
Africa: The People of Africa Need Relief - The Biden Administration Can Provide It, Pauline Muchina and Emira Woods, AllAfrica, January 19 (2023)
Yellen’s Trip to Africa: A Chance to Reset US-Africa Relations, Kate Donald and Anne-Marea Griffin, Just Security, January 19
IMF should issue new reserves to help countries tackle overlapping crises - groups, Andrea Shalal, Reuters, October 6 (2022)
Fragile Nations Burn Through Their IMF Lifelines to Plug Gaps, Ana Monteiro and Eric Martin, August 25 (2022)
Special Drawing Rights One Year Later, By the Numbers, Andrés Arauz and Kevin Cashman, August 24 (2022)
To avert a global debt crisis, IMF’s reserve assets need greater support, Lara Merling and Kevin Gallagher, The Hill, August 16 (2022)
How the Treasury Department could prevent mass starvation with no cost to the taxpayers, Mark Weisbrot, MarketWatch, July 25 (2022)
US Democrats Urge New $650 Billion IMF Aid on Ukraine War Hit, Eric Martin, Bloomberg, July 12 (2022)
ICC calls on the G20 to take the risk of a global debt crisis off the table, International Chamber of Commerce, July 11 (2022)