Fourteenth International Monetary Fund Public Debt Management Forum Considers the Sovereign Bond Market Ecosystem in Light of New Regulations and Reduced Market Liquidity
Debt managers and central bankers from 44 countries and representatives from the Paris Club, as well as the private sector joined the Fourteenth International Monetary Fund Public Debt Management Forum in Paris, France. The event was co-organized with...
Boosting Trade Competitiveness Key for Sustained Growth in Malaysia
Malaysia's economy is expected to grow by 5.4% in 2014 and 4.6% in 2015, according to a new World Bank report. Exports rose in the previous two quarters and lifted Malaysia’s economic growth. The Malaysia Economic Monitor, launched, notes that trade...
Latest Assessment of African Policies and Institutions Shows Mixed Performance, Conflict, Instability and Blunt Progress
The latest World Bank review of government policies and institutions in Africa shows that 20 percent of countries improved their policy environment to boost growth and cut poverty in 2013.
Statement by an IMF Staff Mission on the 2014 Article IV Consultation with Ethiopia
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by S. Kal Wajid visited Addis Ababa June 11-25 to conduct discussions for the 2014 Article IV Consultation with Ethiopia.
World Bank Helps Improve Services Delivery in Health and Education Through Performance-driven Financing in Mozambique
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$50 million IDA* grant on June 24, 2014 to help the Government of Mozambique (GoM) improve the transparency and efficiency of spending on medicine distribution, storage, and availability as...
IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth Review Under the ECF Arrangement for the Kyrgyz Republic and Approves US$14.7 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the sixth and final review of the Kyrgyz Republic’s economic performance under the program supported by a three-year, SDR 66.6 million (about US$106 million at the time of approval...
IMF Launches New Study on Spillovers in International Corporate Taxation
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the study “Spillovers in International Corporate Taxation,” that explores the nature and policy implications of cross-border effects from national corporate tax policies, highlighting how these effects...
Make Distribution Reforms a Top Priority, says New World Bank Report
Power distribution in India needs sweeping reforms if it is to bring back the country to a high growth trajectory and meet its goal of expanding access to electricity to all by 2019, says a new World Bank report. India’s annual per capita power sector...
Tanzania Could Create Many New Jobs by Harnessing its Rapid Urban Expansion
Tanzania could create large numbers of new, productive jobs for its people, especially young men and women, if policy makers fostered industrial and business policies that catered to the country’s booming cities and their urban populations, according...
South African Union Leader Praises Platinum Wage Agreement
The president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) of South Africa has described the agreement ending the country’s longest mining strike as a breakthrough for workers.
