Mohamed El-Erian: New Life for the SDR?
The IMF's Special Drawing Rights have failed to gain real traction in the international monetary system, but Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz and former IMF Deputy Director, believe...
26 Mai 20179min
Patrick Murck: The Changing Face of Financial Services
FinTech—or financial technology—is poised to revolutionize how the world does business. It could open new kinds of markets to many more people, but it could also threaten our financial privacy or make...
12 Mai 20178min
Sub-Saharan Africa: Restarting the Growth Engine
The IMF's latest regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa shows growth has fallen to its lowest level in twenty years. In this podcast, co-author Céline Allard, says while some countries like ...
9 Mai 201713min
Afrique subsaharienne : faire redémarrer la croissance
La dernière édition des Perspectives économiques régionales, indique que la croissance en Afrique subsaharienne est tombée à son plus bas niveau depuis plus de 20 ans. Dans ce podcast, coauteur Céline...
9 Mai 201716min
Hal Varian: The Productivity Paradox
The labor force 30 years from now will look very different as working-age populations in advanced economies start to shrink. While some today worry they'll lose their jobs to robots, economists like G...
28 Apr 201712min
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook projects global growth at 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018. In this podcast, IMF Chief Economist Maurice Obstfeld says global growth is gaining momen...
18 Apr 20174min
Bank Capital: How Much is Enough?
The 2008 global financial crisis exposed the vulnerability of banks that do not hold enough capital. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has since revised capital requirements for banks. In thi...
14 Apr 20177min
Muna AbuSulayman: Gender Equity in Saudi Arabia
Muna AbuSulayman, is founder and co-host of the most popular social issues program on Arab television. Kalam Nawaem tackles controversial topics and has been pushing social boundaries in the region fo...
4 Apr 20179min
