IMF Podcasts

Labor unions around the world are having to adapt to a fast changing labor market. John Evans heads the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, and represents some 65 million organized workers wor...

24 Mar 201711min

As the Group of Twenty finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Germany this week, policymakers are looking at ways to increase investment in Africa. ONE Campaign's Jamie Drummond says inv...

15 Mar 201713min

Global trade union leaders gathered at the IMF in February to discuss how workers are being impacted by the changing global economy. In this podcast, Hilma Mote, of the African Region's International ...

8 Mar 20179min

There is a strong connection between human capital and economic growth, and in this podcast, Eric Hanushek says societies that invest a lot in the cognitive skills of their people grow significantly f...

3 Mar 201710min

In this podcast we speak with author Alec Ross about his new book The Industries of the Future. Ross says 90 percent of the world's data has been produced in the last two years, so those businesses th...

24 Feb 20177min

Every two years, the IMF and World-Bank invites global labor union leaders to discuss the global economy and the implications for the labor force. In this podcast, Sharan Burrow, head of the world's l...

17 Feb 201712min

With Asia's recent growth comes a growing responsibility within the global economy. In this podcast, Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, breaks...

8 Feb 20177min

While many African countries have enjoyed significant revenues from the mining industry in recent years, a new study published by the Natural Resource Governance Institute suggests tax revenues from m...

31 Jan 201711min