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International Monetary Fund (IMF) releases World Economic Outlook (October 2024) Report

Posted 23 Oct 2024

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Report is usually published twice a year and provides analyses and projections of the global economy in the short and medium term.

Key highlights of Report

  • Global growth: Projected to remain stable at 3.2% in 2024 and 2025
  • Uncertainty factors: Geopolitical conflict, increasing trade tensions and elections looming and leadership changes in major economies. 
  • India’s Growth: Expected to grow at 6.5% in 2025-26.
  • Report highlights the urgency of structural reforms and discusses strategies to enhance the social acceptability of these reforms.

Structural Reforms  

  • Structural Reforms are policy changes that modify acquired rights and economic rents with aim of improving the allocation of resources in the economy.
  • Social Acceptability: Securing social acceptance for structural reforms can be difficult, as gains and losses from reforms are unevenly distributed across society and time
  • Determinants of attitude towards Structural Reforms: Key determinant is personal beliefs, perceptions and other behavioural factors about effects of policy.
    • It includes misinformation about policies and misperceptions about how they work. 
    • Socioeconomic characteristics underlying individuals’ economic self-interest also influences policy views.

Strategies for Boosting Support for Structural Reforms

  • Information: Providing clear and nonpartisan information that corrects misperceptions.
  • Engagement: Dialogue between officials and the public should be two-way, allowing people to help shape policies. 
  • Mitigation: Acknowledging that reforms may hurt some groups and addressing those concerns with tailored mitigating measures (like temporary cash support or capacity building) is essential.
  • Trust: Establishing credible and independent government bodies, and first generation reforms to address corruption and improve governance. 
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