New Report Lays Out Path for Vietnam to Reach Upper-Middle-Income Status in 20 Years
A new report recommending steps to help lift Vietnam to upper-middle-income status in two decades suggests that Vietnam build a more competitive private sector, support smart urbanization, promote innovation, and take advantage of increasing trade...
IMF Staff Completes 2016 Article IV Mission to Mauritania
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Mercedes Vera Martin visited Nouakchott from February 8 to 22, 2016 to review recent economic developments and outlook in the context of the annual Article IV Consultation.
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Honduras
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Roberto Garcia –Saltos visited Tegucigalpa during February 15-19 to review economic developments and authorities’ implementation of their Fund-supported program during 2015.
LuxSE Lists EIB CAB as its 100th Green Bond and confirms its International Leader Positioning
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) celebrated an important milestone in its commitment to green finance, with the listing of the 100th green bond admitted on its markets on 18 February 2016.
GDP Growth - Fourth quarter 2015, OECD
Growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area slowed markedly to 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2015, down from 0.5% and 0.6% in the previous quarters, according to provisional estimates.
Elusive global growth outlook requires urgent policy response
Dijsselbloem pledges to strengthen EU Banking Union and tackle tax-avoidance
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem in ECON
New Bank Report Finds Skills, Infrastructure and Business Landscape Key to Achieve Shared Prosperity in Mauritius
The rise in income inequality combined with lagging shared prosperity indicators have adverse impacts on relative poverty in Mauritius, says a World Bank report launched on February 18. The report, titled Inclusiveness of Growth and Shared Prosperity...
The IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Center South Supports Strengthening Coordinated Border Management
On February 15–19, 2016, AFRITAC South held a seminar at the Africa Training Institute in Mauritius on improving compliance of indirect taxes and coordinated border management (CBM).
Private hospital prices in South Africa are expensive for citizens
Hospital comparative price levels and GDP per capita.
South African sample and OECD countries,...
