IMF Therapy for Brazil
IMF-supported programs only work when the government in charge can credibly commit to them. Is this the case currently in Brazil?
Teresa Ter-Minassian is a former director of the Department of Fiscal Affairs at the IMF. She headed the IMF’s negotiations with Brazil in the late 1990’s.
Iran’s mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Israel last week raised anew the specter of a widening Middle East war that draws in Iran and its proxies, as well as Western countries like the United States. The urgent need to defuse tensions – starting by ending Israel’s war in Gaza and pursuing a lasting political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – is obvious, but can it be done?