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  •  Essential Reading Guides- Try the IMF eLibrary Essential Reading Guides for your research needs. These guides are organized by topic and offer curated selections of key IMF publications to help readers navigate the vast array of materials available. Whether you’re interested in macroeconomic trends, financial stability, or digital finance, be sure to take advantage of this valuable resource to start your project today.

  • Back to Basics Reading Guide - Seeking information on key economic terms and concepts? The Back to Basics Reading Guide collects articles and multimedia content from the popular F&D column. Students and general readers will learn how to define macroeconomic concepts such as inflation, debt, and globalization. The 70+ articles and videos focus on relevant topics making the headlines and provide a better understanding of how economic issues can affect our daily lives.

 

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Videos/Podcasts from the International Monetary Fund

 

The International Monetary Fund is adding visual context to the data it generates to help students to understand complex current issues while searching for the solution.

Examples of this content include: 

Videos

 

Africa, Special Features

Digital Payment Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa | Africa Perspectives

August 5, 2025
Our panelists share their insights on the latest innovations in digital payments, and their impact on financial inclusion and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Podcasts 

 

Listen to the brightest minds in the field of economics and development discuss their latest research and deconstruct global economic trends. IMF Podcasts are also available on digital platforms such as iTunes, SoundCloud and Libsyn, and free to use for broadcasters,

F&D Magazine

Danny Quah on Rethinking Multilateralism

September 17, 2025

Bringing nations together to maintain peace and security and raise living standards for all seemed a utopian idea in the early 20th century. Still, geopolitics, economics and vision by world leaders eventually came together to make it a reality. But what happens when the great powers that have been supporting the multilateral system decide it’s not working for them anymore? Danny Quah has studied the increase in global economic tensions and sees the rising East as an important factor. Quah is the Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore. In this podcast, he says that while economics and geopolitics worked together to build the multilateral rules-based system, they are now working together to break it apart. Transcript

Read the article in the IMF's Finance & Development magazine

DANNY QUAH is Li Ka Shing Professor of Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. 

 

 IMF Statistics E-Learning Videos

In 2014, the IMF Statistics department  launched a new e-learning series about government finance statistics.  One focus of the IMF’s work is on increasing the availability of key economic indicators. The IMF undertakes a range of activities for this purpose, including the IMF Statistics Department’s work to prepare manuals describing methodologies that should be used to compile economic and financial statistics. The e-learning series is regularly expanded and now is made up of 18 videos.