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Podcast: Data Drives Better Decisions

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324 Data Drives Better Decisions

November 19, 2014

As the world economies become more interlinked, good data can help identify and manage financial contagion. (Photo: RG.Images/Stock4B/Corbis)

Data has gained prominence as a vital building block for making sound policy. IMF Director of Statistics, Louis Marc Ducharme talks about how the IMF is helping make data more widely available to policy makers.

Christine Lagarde: Managing Director, IMF Louis Marc Ducharme: Director, Statistics Department, IMF

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