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In a heated debate about the state of play of the Greek macro-economic adjustment programme, the centre-left parties S&D, GUE, Greens/EFA, but also the conservative ECR, warned Greece's creditors and the IMF not to impose more reforms on the country and advocated debt relief. Some MEPs attacked the IMF for being too tough on reforms whereas the centre-right EPP underlined the need for them.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Alex Mourmouras visited Singapore during April 28-May 10 to hold discussions in the context of the country’s 2016 Article IV Consultation.

The Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank signed an agreement on Tuesday for Finland to provide EUR 4 million to the World Bank-administered Multi Partner Fund (MPF), a multi-donor trust established for New Deal implementation in Somalia.

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mario de Zamaróczy, visited Libreville and Yaoundé during April 25–May 9, 2015 and held discussions with the institutions of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) on common policies for member countries.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Zeine Zeidane, visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from April 26 to May 9, 2016 for the annual Article IV discussions.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Allison Holland visited Muscat from April 24 to May 4 to hold the 2016 Article IV consultation discussions with Oman.

On April 29, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Paraguay, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal.

An International Monetary Fund mission team led by Ms. Laura Papi visited Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town from April 18 to May 4, to conduct the 2016 Article IV Consultation discussions with South Africa.

On April 20, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the IMF’s administrative and capital budgets for financial year (FY) 2017, beginning May 1, 2016, and took note of indicative budgets for FY2018–19.