Spring Meetings 2023: Toward a New Era

How will artificial intelligence reshape the future of work—and will it create enough opportunities for the next generation?Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people are expected to enter the workforce, but only around 400 million jobs are currently projected to be available ...  Show more

What does knowledge mean in an age of AI, deepfakes, and disinformation? When information is everywhere, the real challenge is distinguishing insight from noise.In this episode of the Development Podcast, host Toni Karasanyi explores how knowledge is evolving in a world where mac ...  Show more

More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis, signs of a recovery for some countries are slowly beginning to emerge. But in her customary curtain-raiser speech ahead of next week's virtual IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said high uncertain ...  Show more

The 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference will, in the organization’s own words, “unite our catalytic community to tackle challenges and seize the opportunity to collectively shape our shared future.” The conference aims to tackle our world’s most pressing issues from cl ...  Show more

Live from the World Bank/IMF Meetings in Washington DC. Christine Lagarde, IMF's managing director, says the IMF has repeatedly said corporate tax reform was needed in the U.S. Prior to that, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says the World Bank is talking with the U.S. about inf ...  Show more

The IMF-World Bank annual meeting takes place in Marrakech just weeks after a deadly Moroccan earthquake. The setting is apt for emerging markets and defaulting countries that are struggling with headwinds from all sides. Listen to our global financial and economic editors discus ...  Show more