IMF Podcasts

The Global Financial Stability Report, or GFSR, is published twice a year and looks at the risks facing the global financial system. The objective is to prevent future crises by highlighting policies...

18 Apr 201816min

While the word hack sounds nefarious there's nothing sinister about a hackathon. It is a creative brainstorming event that brings together people from the private sector, government, academia, civil s...

6 Apr 201811min

Economic shocks and climate change increase the risk of conflict. If current trends continue, 80 percent of the world's poorest people will live in fragile states by the year 2030. This means the work...

30 Mar 201812min

Some economists would argue that extreme weather can increase criminal behavior by reducing incomes—especially in the agriculture sector. But in this podcast, economist Gordon McCord says the psycholo...

15 Mar 201816min

Promoting gender equality can be an economic game changer. The IMF's latest economic review of Nigeria's economy says closing the gender gap would mean higher growth and productivity, and greater econ...

8 Mar 201811min

Nigeria's economy is picking up according to the IMF's latest economic review. Growth hit 0.8 percent in 2017 after contracting by 1.6 percent in 2016. The report attributes the increase—in part—to t...

6 Mar 201812min

Major discoveries of oil and gas deposits have always been cause for celebration in developing countries, in anticipation of the potential financial windfall. But research has shown that countries wit...

23 Feb 201811min

Incomes for Europe's youth declined after the 2007 global financial crisis—largely due to unemployment. And while things have recovered somewhat, the trend toward short-term work and less stable jobs ...

9 Feb 201810min