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4 Oct 24
Gulf nations face calls from the International Monetary Fund to protect their economies by accelerating non-oil reform, cutting energy subsidies and attracting foreign investment.
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4 Oct 24
The International Monetary Fund has called for a “strategic pivot” in global fiscal policy to forestall an unsustainable trajectory of debt as governments come under growing pressure to ramp up...
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21 Jun 24
Technology has benefits but social safety nets and education investment needed to mitigate impact
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23 Feb 24
Ukraine’s strong performance on economic reforms despite the ongoing war has prompted the International Monetary to move towards releasing $880m of concessional support.
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20 Feb 24
Concessional loan support will finance projects to improve resilience against climate change such as those that reduce vulnerability to flooding and coastal erosion, the International Monetary Fund...
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13 Feb 24
Cutting expensive fuel subsidies and efforts to reform its tax system show the Nigerian government is starting to tackle the economy's “deep-rooted” structural issues, the International Monetary Fund...
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22 Jan 24
Ghana will receive $600m (£470m) of concessional loan support from the International Monetary Fund after the nation reached a preliminary agreement to restructure billions of dollars of debt.
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16 Jan 24
Artificial intelligence is likely to widen existing income inequality and will require comprehensive action from policymakers to protect the most vulnerable, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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16 Jan 24
A preliminary deal to restructure Ghana's bilateral debt could unlock almost $1.2bn of concessional finance to invest in “critical” public infrastructure, the nation’s Ministry of Finance has said.
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12 Jan 24
The new Argentinian government’s promise to deliver economic reforms has led the International Monetary Fund to move towards releasing $4.7bn of concessional finance.
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15 Dec 23
A track record of sound economic management and measures to help reduce poverty in Somalia have prompted the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to approve $4.5bn of debt relief.
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12 Dec 23
Concessional finance will support Togo’s public spending and help maintain progress on economic reforms to increase government revenues, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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4 Dec 23
Conflict will add to economic pressures as well as political instability.
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9 Nov 23
Raising contribution rates from member nations would reduce the International Monetary Fund’s need to borrow, the fund has said while proposing an extra 50%.
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31 Oct 23
New deal dependent on public sector improvements and reduced inequalities.
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27 Oct 23
A preliminary agreement to restructure more than $3bn of Zambian government debt will pave the way for future agreements and release more funding to aid developments, the nation’s finance minister...
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10 Oct 23
The central bank of Morocco has purchased two $100m sustainable development bonds from the World Bank as the region hosts the lender’s joint annual meeting with the International Monetary Fund.
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10 Oct 23
Persistent inflation and the impacts of high interest rates are set to slow growth next year as the global economy continues “limping”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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10 Oct 23
Progress on the majority of reforms linked to a $3bn financing agreement should see the IMF release the second tranche of funding, analysts have said.
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29 Sep 23
Morocco is set to receive a $1.3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to help resilience against climate change and natural disasters, just weeks after it was hit by a devastating earthquake.
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28 Sep 23
Slow progress on reforms aimed at delivering financial stability in Sri Lanka has prompted the International Monetary to withhold the second tranche of a $3bn bailout.
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18 Sep 23
The global debt ratio will grow again despite recently falling from its pandemic high, economists at the International Monetary Fund have said.
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31 Jul 23
Argentina is set to receive a $7.5bn tranche of an International Monetary Fund bailout after pledging to raise taxes and rebuild foreign reserves.
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27 Jul 23
Invasion of Ukraine isn’t holding back growth but inflation remains stubborn
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24 Jul 23
A devaluation and new taxes are coming to help balance the books, IMF told.