As world leaders arrive in Washington, DC for the Spring IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. 

Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the religious development group Jubilee USA Network and a United Nations finance expert who monitored IMF meetings since 2010, releases the following statement on the IMF Meetings and World Economic Outlook Report:

“Five years after the pandemic began, the IMF forecasts weak global growth for the next five years.

"In addition to the suffering caused by wars and conflicts, it is more difficult to have accurate economic outlook predictions.

“High debt levels across developing countries and the lack of debt relief means we can't achieve a strong global economy."

Read the full World Economic Outlook Report here.

Read Jubilee USA's press release on IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva's curtain raiser speech here.