IMF Statement on Iraq
“IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde met on September 21 with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings. During the meeting, they discussed Iraq’s IMF-supported economic...
Agriculture Drives Uganda’s Success in Reducing Poverty
Poverty reduction among households in agriculture accounts for 79 percent of national poverty reduction from 2006 to 2013. According to the World Bank Group’s latest Poverty Assessment, the proportion of the Ugandan population living beneath the...
High Level Discussion of New Global Facility to Address Refugee Crises in Middle-Income Countries
Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson will co-chair a high-level panel discussion on the Global Concessional Financing Facility, a new...
UN Commission: New investments in global health workforce will create jobs and drive economic growth
The Presidents of France and South Africa called for urgent investments globally to create new jobs in the health sector in order to prevent a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers primarily in low- and lower-middle-income countries, and...
Governments must address anti-immigration backlash
OECD countries need to address the growing anti-immigration backlash and reinforce migration and integration policies while fostering international cooperation in this area, according to a new OECD report.
System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: September 2016
Early Estimates of Quarterly Unit Labour Costs
Seasonally adjusted data, Total economy
In Parliament this week: Schulz in London, delegations to Lebanon, car emissions
MEPs have another busy week ahead of them
IMF Executive Board Concludes Thirteenth Review under the EFF with Jamaica and Approves US$39.6 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on September 16, 2016 the thirteenth review of Jamaica’s economic performance under the program supported by a four-year, SDR 615.38 million (about US$932.3 million at the time of...
By 2050, drug-resistant infections could cause global economic damage on par with 2008 financial crisis
Drug-resistant infections have the potential to cause a level of economic damage similar to—and likely worse than—that caused by the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report by the World Bank Group entitled “Drug Resistant Infections: A Threat...
IMF Co-Hosts Regional Conference to Promote Access to Financial Services in West Africa
The Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will co-host a conference on September 20, 2016 in Dakar, Senegal, to examine the prospects and policy options for promoting financial inclusion in West Africa.
