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IMF Staff Visit Discusses Reform Plans and Economic Developments in Ethiopia

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Sonali Jain-Chandra, visited Ethiopia for a technical staff visit with the Ethiopian authorities during June 13-17. The purpose of the staff visit was to disc...

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EU job-seeking aid worth €1.5 million for dismissed workers in Greece

On Tuesday, the Committee on Budgets approved Greece’s request for funding from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). In their decision, MEPs acknowledge that “expenditure for new househol...

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Madagascar: $220 Million to Improve Basic Water and Sanitation Services and Supply

The Government of Madagascar and the World Bank signed the recently approved $220 million National Water Project. The project seeks to increase access to water services in the Greater Antananarivo area and selected seconda...

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Nearly 37 million children displaced worldwide – highest number ever recorded

Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, UNICEF estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War. This figure includes 13.7 mi...

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