Indian economy poised to pick up in 2019, says IMF
India is projected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2019 and 7.7 per cent in 2020, an impressive over one percentage point ahead of China’s estimated growth of 6.2 per cent in these two years, the...
View ArticleAfrica's Poverty Crisis May Worsen in 2030, World Bank, IMF Warn
Washington DC — Unless urgent rescue plans are employed, nine of every 10 African nations would be living in abject poverty, the World Bank has warned. Paradoxically, the same year is the global financial
View ArticleFinancing for Sustainable Development Report 2020
The global economic recession and financial turmoil from COVID-19 are derailing implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even before
View ArticleG20 must cancel debt to stop coronavirus ‘third wave’ devastating developing...
The Coronavirus crisis could result in a catastrophic loss of life in poorer countries and push half a billion more people into poverty. Countries like the Central African Republic have just three...
View ArticleIMF COVID-19 Response—A New Short-Term Liquidity Line To Enhance The Adequacy...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created severe disruption in the global financial system, with many emerging market and developing countries (EMDCs) facing liquidity shortages. In the context of intensified
View ArticleCOVID-19 global economic recession: Avoiding hunger must be at the centre of...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in January that the global economy would grow by 3.3 percent in 2020, however its latest outlook, in April, now forecasts a contraction of 3.0 percent,
View ArticleIndonesia- COVID-19 Economic and Food Security Implications
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Indonesia’s economy is expected to grow by 2.5% in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, down from 5.0% in 2019. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
View ArticleWorld Economic Outlook Update: A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery
Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity
View ArticleGlobal Financial Stability Report Update: Financial Conditions Have Eased,...
Risk asset prices have rebounded following the precipitous fall early in the year, while benchmark interest rates have declined, leading to an overall easing of financial conditions. Swift and bold
View ArticleA Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery
Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity
View ArticleCommon purpose, common future: transforming finance for sustainable...
This new report from End Water Poverty and WaterAid, Common Purpose, Common Future, shows that the financing gaps for achieving universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (SDG 6) and Agenda
View Article2020 External Sector Report: Global Imbalances and the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID19 pandemic has caused a sharp decline in global trade, lower commodity prices, and tighter external financing conditions. Implications for current account balances and currencies vary widely
View ArticleTrade and Development Report 2020- From global pandemic to prosperity for...
The world economy is experiencing a deep recession amid a still-unchecked pandemic. Now is the time to hammer out a plan for global recovery, one that can credibly return even the most vulnerable...
View ArticleGlobal Financial Stability Report, April 2022: Shockwaves from the War in...
The International Monetary Fund slashed its forecast for global economic growth by nearly a full percentage point, citing Russia's war in Ukraine, and warning that inflation was now a "clear
View ArticleWorld Economic Outlook, April 2022: War sets back the Global recovery
The war in Ukraine has triggered a costly humanitarian crisis that demands a peaceful resolution. At the same time, economic damage from the conflict will contribute to a significant slowdown in global
View ArticleWorld Economic Outlook April 2022- War sets back the global recovery
The war in Ukraine has triggered a costly humanitarian crisis that demands a peaceful resolution. At the same time, economic damage from the conflict will contribute to a significant slowdown in global
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