“International Financial Institutions: Who Holds the Purse?” is the seventeenth session of our Political Economy Teach-in Series. It was held on October 17, 2024, and delivered by Mayada Hassanain, an economist with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Khartoum and a postgraduate degree in Development Economics from SOAS University of London. Her research interests focus on social reproduction, the intersections of macro and social policy, and the political economy of Sudan. She is committed to advancing feminist perspectives in economic discourse and has published work in Feminist Africa. Previously a researcher with the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), she is currently the senior program officer with the International Development Economics Association as part of the feminist economics team.