IMF Projects Solid Growth for Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Headwinds
“Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is set to register another year of solid economic performance with growth expected to expand 4½ percent in 2015. The region will continue being one of the fastest growing in the world—second only to emerging and...
Importance of Comprehensive, Coherent and Credible Structural Transformation Agenda in Belarus
The World Bank suggests priority structural transformation measures to tackle the multifaceted economic imbalances. Policies to ensure macroeconomic stability, create efficient financial markets, facilitate a dynamic labor market, put in place a...
Chad — IMF Executive Board Completes First Review Under the ECF Arrangement, Approves Augmentation and US$27.7 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of Chad’s economic performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement on April 27. It also approved the authorities’ request...
Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of certain Lafarge and Holcim assets by CRH
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of several assets of Holcim of Switzerland and of Lafarge of France by Irish building materials manufacturer CRH. The Commission concluded that the transaction...
European Commission and European Union External Action Service issue annual report on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
The European External Action Service and the European Commission on 24 April released their latest annual report to the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on political and economic developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative...
Poland needs a strategy for moving to a lower-emission economy
Total primary energy supply 1995-2013
Continued Weakness in Commodity Markets May Signal Long Term Easing of Prices, Says WB Report
Well-supplied markets are continuing to drive down prices of commodities, across the board, says the latest issue of the World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook (CMO).
OECD and Ukraine to step up co-operation on anti-corruption, rule of law and business environment
22 April 2015 - Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko, President of Ukraine and Angel Gurria, OECD...
Mady Delvaux: "Robotics will bring about a revolution"
Mady Delvaux
Logistics Centers Can Become Hubs of Freight Activity in China
Market-based logistics centers linking rails, flights, ships and other modes of transportation can facilitate the storage, handling and movement of China’s containerized freight, more effectively connecting China’s local markets with the rest of the...
