#StopIMFSurcharges: The Path Ahead

MENA Fem Movement for Economic, Development and Ecological Justice in cooperation with the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and the Bretton Woods Project bring you to the 2024 end-of-year webinar titled #StopIMFSurcharges: The Path Ahead. For four years, the #StopIMFSurcharges movement has called for the IMF to discontinue its regressive surcharge policy — onerous fees imposed on heavily indebted countries like Argentina, Ecuador, Pakistan, Egypt, and Ukraine. In October 2024, after years of advocacy, the IMF announced a package of reforms intended to address these concerns. But are they enough? With Shereen Talaat, Director and Founder, MENAFem Movement for Economic, Development and Ecological Justice Attiya Waris, UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Foreign Debt Bruno Coehlo Saraiva, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund Sergio Chodos, Chief Legal Officer, Argentina Crown Point Energy Ivana Vasić-Lalović, Senior Research Associate, Center for Economic and Policy Research Luiz Fernando Vieira, Coordinator, Bretton Woods Institute