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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Lisandro Ábrego, visited Tegucigalpa during March 9-17 to conduct the first review of Honduras’ Fund-supported program, approved on December 3, 2014.

Almost 1,500 workers made redundant in Greece and Ireland in 2014 should receive EU aid worth €11.3 million to help them find jobs, the Budgets Committee recommended on Monday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid still has to be approved by Parliament as a whole.

MEPs have another busy week ahead of them.

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published Monday 9 new peer review reports, including a Phase 1 Supplementary Report for Switzerland, demonstrating continuing progress toward implementation of the international standard for exchange of information on request.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors Monday approved a EUR 36.2 million loan (US$44 million equivalent) for the Real Estate Management Project for Serbia. The loan will support Serbia in ensuring accurate, complete, and electronically available information on real estate property.

The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors approved a total of US$22 million to strengthen the management and governance of fisheries as well as improve the handling of fish that is brought to shore in Mauritania and Guinea on March 16.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$30 million loan for the Social Investment and Local Development (SILD) Project in Armenia on March 13. This project will further assist the Government of Armenia to improve the quality, use of and access to community infrastructure for the poor and vulnerable groups.

British cars are being made with more British sourced components as the UK automotive industry’s renaissance continues apace, new research reveals on March 13.

The IMF’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) and Hitotsubashi University held a conference in Tokyo on March 12-13, to discuss challenges related to inequality and potential policy actions, with particular focus on the experience of Asian countries.