This paper briefly reviews the IMF’s current practices and policy-making in the context of a proposed quadrupling of IMF resources to $1 trillion dollars, and a consequent increase in the Fund’s influence over economic policy-making in developing countries. It finds that the IMF is still...

This paper looks at some of the most important economic and social indicators during the 10 years of the Chávez administration in Venezuela, as well as the current economic expansion. It also looks at the current situation and challenges.

This paper presents an update of CEPR’s December 2007 overview of Haiti’s outstanding foreign debt, and how much of this debt is scheduled to be canceled under Haiti’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank’s Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)...

This report examines data on poverty in Venezuela, and corrects misreporting which claimed that poverty increased during the seven years of the Chavez administration.

Este informe provee información sobre temas económicas en la eleccion presidencial mexicana.

This paper looks at the biggest economic challenges that Ecuador's new president will need to address, and examines its recent economic history, including the issues of growth, dollarization, and international trade and finance.

¿Ha incrementado la pobreza en Venezuela bajo el mandato del Presidente Hugo Chávez? Este reporte estudia los datos disponibles sobre el tema y corrige información errónea que se ha presentado en varios medios de comunicación.

This report finds that about half of all ballot boxes in the Mexican presidential election in July 2006 had "adding up" errors, and looks at important information that has been withheld by Mexico's electoral authorities.

This backgrounder provides information on current economic issues and policies relevant to Mexico's presidential election in July 2006.

Este trabajo analiza los últimos cuatro años de política económica en Brasil y discute los posibles cambios en política económica que pueden darse en los próximos años.