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Jan 8, 2013 • 6min

IMF Chief Travels to Africa

Christine Lagarde is set to visit Africa for the first time since her appointment as Managing Director of the IMF. In this podcast, she explains the purpose of her trip to Nigeria and Niger and the deep partnership between the IMF and the continent.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 10min

Unequal = Indebted

For the last three decades, in many countries, the rich have become ever richer, while the vast majority have seen their incomes stagnate. This increasing income inequality has been coupled with ever greater debt burdens. How did we get to this point? IMF economists believe they have some answers, drawing a link between higher inequality and increased debt.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 9min

Qui dit inégalité, dit endettement

Depuis une trentaine d'années, dans beaucoup de pays, les riches deviennent encore plus riches, tandis que les revenus de la grande majorité des ménages ne bougent pas. Cette aggravation des inégalités de revenu s'accompagne d'un endettement croissant. Comment en est-on arrivé là? Des économistes du FMI pensent avoir des éléments de réponse, et établissent un lien entre la montée des inégalités et l'endettement.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 7min

Growing Together

Does economic growth improve life for all? Many economists are coming to the conclusion that rather than simply growing the economic pie, we need to consider how the economic pie is shared. So how to ensure that we all grow together?
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Jan 8, 2013 • 10min

La Chine s'éveille

La Chine talonne les États-Unis pour la place de première puissance économique mondiale. L'économie chinoise pourrait dépasser l'économie américaine en un peu moins de dix ans, d'après Arvind Subramanian. Dans un livre qui vient de paraître, il entrevoit un monde dominé par la superpuissance économique de la Chine.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 7min

La croissance est l'affaire de tous

L'essor de l'activité économique profite-t-il à tous? De nombreux économistes parviennent maintenant à la conclusion qu'il est en fait dans l'intérêt d'un pays de promouvoir une croissance solidaire.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 9min

China Rising

China is swiftly closing in on the United States as the world's largest economy. The Asian nation's growth rate is several times that of the US, and China's economy could be the world's largest within a decade, according to Arvind Subramanian. In a new book, he envisages a world dominated by China's overwhelming economic power.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 10min

More Inequality, Less Growth

Over the last three decades, in many parts of the world, the rich have got much richer, while just about everyone else has had very modest income growth. In this podcast, two IMF economists warn that inequality undermines growth.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 8min

Keynes: The Man, The Message

To coincide with the release of her new book, "Grand Pursuit: the Story of Economic Genius", reviewed in this December's "Finance and Development" magazine, we interview author Sylvia Nasar and historian Robert Skidelsky on a key figure of modern economics, John Maynard Keynes.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 6min

Banerjee: Voyons au-delà de l'agriculture

Durant ces derniers mois les cours des produits de base sont montés en flèche et beaucoup de pays en développement ont eu du mal à s'approvisionner pour nourrir leur population. Que peuvent faire les pays pauvres pour se protéger contre le renchérissement des denrées alimentaires?

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