IMF and St. Kitts and Nevis Organize Fourth Regional Caribbean Forum Focusing on “Financing Growth”
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in collaboration with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis will hold a high-level Forum on “Financing Growth” in the Caribbean on September 3-4, 2015 in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts.
ECB publishes Consolidated Banking Data for Dec-2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the December-2014 Consolidated Banking Data (CBD), a data set of the EU banking system on a consolidated basis. In comparison to the previous releases, the Consolidated Banking Data published today are...
EU Bank intensifies activity in Western Balkan countries
Werner Hoyer, President of the EIB, announced at the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna a number of projects which the EU Bank is ready to finance in the near future, including the “Rail Route 10” within Kosovo*. Further operations envisaged by the EU...
Latvia should expand work-based vocational training to boost young people’s job prospects
Latvia should step up its efforts to improve the employment prospects of young people by continuing to reform its vocational education system and pursuing the commitments made as part of the Youth Guarantee to further reduce the share of young people...
UK's financial red tape targeted in new review
A review to improve the effectiveness of rules designed to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing has been launched on 28 August 2015 as part of UK’s Cutting Red Tape review programme.
UK's Growth Programme: £8 million funding for rural businesses
Latvia should expand work-based vocational training to boost young people’s job prospects
Latvia should step up its efforts to improve the employment prospects of young people by continuing to reform its vocational education system and pursuing the commitments made as part of the Youth Guarantee to further reduce the share of young people...
Statement at the End of a Staff Visit to Grenada
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Nicole Laframboise visited Grenada from August 20–27, 2015 to conduct discussions on the third review of Grenada’s IMF-supported program under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The ECF arrangement was...
World Bank Provides New US$500 million Loan to Boost Ukraine’s Reforms
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors Wednesday approved a US$500 million IBRD loan to finance the Second Multi-Sector Development Policy Operation in Ukraine. This new financing supports a number of high-priority structural and macroeconomic...
IMF Mission Concludes the 2015 Article IV Discussions and Announces Staff-Level Agreement with Tunisia on the Sixth Review under the Stand-By Arrangement
IMF staff reached staff-level understandings with the Tunisian authorities on the sixth review under the SBA. These understandings are subject to approval by IMF management and the Executive Board, which is tentatively scheduled to consider the review...
