Assessments

People wait outside the entrance to the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) outside the IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. on Oct. 11, 2021. 

Pressing internal issues facing both institutions’ leaders and main shareholders will limit room for substantive reforms, further slowing the global economy’s recovery.

This Year’s World Bank-IMF Meetings Are Unlikely to Yield Progress

This Year’s World Bank-IMF Meetings Are Unlikely to Yield Progress | Stratfor

Highlights

Chad

Zambia

United States

China

Japan

Germany

United Kingdom

Russia

Economics

Environment, Science & Technology

Internal leadership problems at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, combined with domestic issues facing both institutions’ main shareholders, will severely limit room for substantive progress during this year’s IMF-World Bank meetings. The lack of a clear path forward for international policy coordination in the transition to a post-pandemic world will, in turn, leave their 190 member countries to mostly fend for themselves in addressing risks and vulnerabilities. 

ASSESSMENTS

This Year’s World Bank-IMF Meetings Are Unlikely to Yield Progress

Subscribe to view this article