World Bank Group Opens Fiji Office
IMF’s Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center concludes its Annual Meeting in Beirut
IMF’s Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center concludes its Annual Meeting in Beirut
The Steering Committee (SC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) –Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) held its annual meeting...
Budgets MEPs back €5.1m aid for 2,132 redundant road haulage workers in France
Budgets Committee MEPs approved €5,146,800 in EU aid on Monday to help 2,132 road haulage and delivery workers, made redundant by road transport company MoryGlobal SAS across France, to find new jobs. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)...
Africa: Economic transformation hinges on unlocking potential of cities, says the African Economic Outlook 2016
With two-thirds of Africans expected to live in cities by 2050, how Africa urbanises will be critical to the continent’s future growth and development, according to the African Economic Outlook 2016 released on 23 May at the African Development Bank...
IMF Statement on Suriname
Mr. Daniel Leigh, head of the IMF’s staff team for Suriname, issued the following statement in Washington on 23 May :
The government of Suriname has been taking important steps to implement its home-grown reform program in response to the...
Budgets MEPs back €6.4 million aid for redundant supermarket workers in Greece
Budgets Committee MEPs approved €6,468,000 in EU aid on Monday to help 557 workers made redundant by the “Larissa” supermarket in Greece to find new jobs. A further 543 young unemployed people should also benefit. The European Globalisation Adjustment...
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Myanmar
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Yongzheng Yang visited Myanmar during May 12−20 to assess macroeconomic developments and discuss economic policies with the authorities. The team met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar...
Joint Statement by the Multilateral Development Banks at the World Humanitarian Summit Responding to the Forced Displacement Crisis
We, the undersigned Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), are committed to working together, and within our respective institutional mandates, to respond to the global forced displacement crisis and further strengthen our contributions to the...
Extra one million tourists per year for the Pacific possible by 2040, says World Bank report
A new World Bank report says careful and sustainable planning around emerging tourism markets could help Pacific Island countries gain as much as US$1.8 billion per year in additional revenues and create up to 128,000 additional jobs by 2040.
IMF Staff Completes 2016 Article IV Mission to Kiribati
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Ding Ding visited Kiribati during May 9-18 to conduct the 2016 Article IV consultation discussions. The team had fruitful discussions with President Honorable Taneti Maamau, Minister for Finance...
