IMF Publishes Fiscal Transparency Evaluation for Portugal
The International Monetary Fund has published a Fiscal Transparency Evaluation for Portugal, which was carried out at the request of the Portuguese government by a joint team from the Fund’s Fiscal Affairs and Statistics Departments that visited...
Remittances to Developing Countries to Grow by 5 Percent This Year, While Conflict-Related Forced Migration is at All-Time High, Says WB Report
Remittances by international migrants from developing countries are on course for strong growth this year, while at the same time forced migration due to violence and conflict has reached unprecedented levels, says the World Bank’s latest issue of...
Led by India, South Asia Economic Growth to Accelerate, World Bank
Economic growth in South Asia is forecast to accelerate to 2016 led by an increase in activity in India, the biggest economy in a region that has the world’s largest concentration of poor people, a World Bank report said.
IMF Helps Member Countries Move from Stabilization to Sustainable Growth
Seven years after the onset of the global financial crisis, the world still has a way to go to secure a sustainable recovery marked by strong growth that supports rapid job creation and benefits all, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director...
World Bank Expects Slower Growth in Developing East Asia Pacific in 2014
Developing countries in East Asia Pacific will see slightly slower economic growth this year, but the pace of growth in the region, excluding China, will pick up next year, as the gradual recovery in high-income economies boosts demand for exports...
How Was Life? shows long-term progress in key areas of well-being
People’s well-being has generally progressed since the early 20th century across a large part of the world, according to new research published by a consortium of economic historians (CLIO-INFRA) and produced in collaboration with the OECD and OECD...
Sound Financial Sector and Export Competitiveness Key to Minimize External Shocks and Reduce Poverty in Moldova
Hong Kongers Unperturbed by Beijing Economic Threats
The official China National Tourism Administration is barring mainland tour groups from traveling to Hong Kong. Wednesday's edict marks a strategic shift in the way Beijing is attempting to rein in and, analysts suggest, sow division, in the Hong Kong...
World Bank Report: Young People in Tunisia Still Frustrated by Social and Economic Obstacles
Three years after the revolution, young people in Tunisia have a limited presence in politics, continue to face high levels of unemployment and are not systematically consulted on key issues that directly affect them. A new report from the World Bank...
Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Côte d’Ivoire
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Michel Lazare visited Abidjan from September 17 – October 2, 2014, to conduct discussions on the sixth review of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic and financial program supported by an arrangement...
