Arnaud Costinot: Taxing Robots to Level the Playing Field
Technological innovation like automation using robots to produce goods and provide services creates tremendous opportunities for businesses. But as the cost of producing robots goes down, is this tech...
24 Jul 20199min
Michael Keen on Adapting Old Tax System to New Economy
International corporate tax avoidance is a growing concern for both advanced economies and low-income countries. The changing nature of the global economy–notably increasing digitalization, in some ca...
9 Jul 201917min
Ian Parry: Why A Carbon Tax Makes Sense
When it comes to environmental policies, Ian Parry argues none are more effective than carbon taxes. Parry, an expert on fiscal policy and climate change at the IMF, says carbon taxes promote a full r...
28 Jun 201916min
David Dollar on the Value of Value Chains
Global value chains break up the production process so that different steps can be carried out in different countries. In the past, a country had to master the production of a whole manufactured produ...
14 Jun 201913min
Fanwell Bokosi on Taming Africa's Debt Beast
Debt is at record levels around the world. 40 percent of low-income countries are wrestling with debt distress or high-risk debt levels and for a few countries in sub-Saharan Africa the debt crisis ha...
5 Jun 201914min
Andrew Steer on How Fiscal Policies Can Help Save the Planet
The main objective of the Paris agreement signed by 190 countries in 2015, is to reduce carbon emissions and ensure a transition to low emissions economies. A new IMF paper looks at the role of fisca...
17 Mai 201916min
African Continental Free Trade Area a Potential Game Changer
In 2018, African Union members established the African Continental Free Trade Area in an effort to boost regional trade. They agreed to eliminate tariffs on most goods, liberalize the trade of service...
8 Mai 201912min
Nature Is Our Capital: Sir David Attenborough and Christine Lagarde
Nature and economic progress often have a conflicting relationship. In this podcast, lifelong champion of the natural world Sir David Attenborough joins IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde for a t...
2 Mai 20199min
