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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mark Griffiths visited Tbilisi November 9-21, 2015 to conduct discussions on the second and third reviews under Georgia’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the IMF.

Stable growth momentum in the OECD area

Inequality in Indonesia is climbing faster than in most of its East Asian neighbors, raising the concerns of many Indonesians, says a new World Bank report.

On December 4, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of the Kyrgyz Republic’s economic performance under the three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The Board’s approval enables the immediate disbursement of SDR 9.5 million (about US$13.2 million). This would bring total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR 19 million (about US$26.4 million). The extended arrangement for SDR 66.6 million (then about US$92.4 million) was approved on April 8, 2015.

«Faced with the atrocities committed in certain parts of the world, we must play our part in worldwide solidarity » said Co-President Louis Michel (ALDE, BE) at the opening of the 30th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Brussels on Monday.

The recent mental health reform is an important step towards better services for people with mental ill-health, but Australia needs to do more to help people with mild to moderate mental health issues at and into work, according to a new OECD report.

The EU Commission should investigate why Google offers its “Android” operating system only in conjunction with other Google services and also why manufacturers allegedly may not pre-install rival products; MEPs say in a response to the Commission’s annual competition report for 2014.

An unprecedented number of the world’s leading financial institutions from across the globe have joined the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks in signing onto new principles to integrate climate change into their financing and operations.

The recent mental health reform is an important step towards better services for people with mental ill-health, but Australia needs to do more to help people with mild to moderate mental health issues at and into work, according to a new OECD report.

In the last financial year, UK small businesses benefited from £12.1 billion of government spending. In 2014 to 2015, 27.1 per cent of central government buying was with small businesses, either directly (10.9 per cent) or through the supply chain (16.2 per cent).