Analysis: Supply Chains, Inflation Overshadow Vaccine, Debt Woes at IMF-World Bank Meetings

Analysis: Supply Chains, Inflation Overshadow Vaccine, Debt Woes at IMF-World Bank Meetings
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, on Sept. 4, 2018. Yuri Gripas/Reuters, File Photo
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WASHINGTON—Supply chain woes and growing inflation concerns pushed aside a widening gap in COVID-19 vaccinations and mounting debt problems for developing countries as the top concerns for global policymakers at International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings this week.

Relatively little new progress was made on increasing vaccine supplies to developing countries, although officials highlighted an increasing divergence between rich and poor countries as a growing financial and economic risk.