IMF, World Bank Show New Flexibility on DebtPaul Blustein
In his address during a virtual conference on Growth in a Time of Crisis: What’s Ahead for Developing Economies on October 15 2021, World Bank Group president David Malpass said countries need stronger focus on key priorities on poverty alleviation. He said they can no longer keep on piling...
The IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Marrakech last October took place in the wake of the attack by Hamas on Israel and were, as a result, dominated by geopolitical concerns and the prospect of further shocks to the global economy. These concerns have receded to som...
Malpass' remarks came just a few days after he, along with the heads the IMF, the UN World Food Program, and the World Trade Organization called for urgent, coordinated action on food security to help vulnerable countries amid surging prices and supply shortages. World Bank estimates warn that...
By now we know only too well, the World Bank, IMF, affiliates, staff while performing duties on their behalf, are protected by immunity granted to Inter-governmental Organisations. No suing, prosecuting, accountability, admitted. However, say for the sake of Negotiation, they have committed misch...
The World Bank chief announced a raft of measures on Thursday to aid countries hit by natural disasters, including a pause in debt repayments to the lender, at a gathering of world leaders in Paris to give impetus to a new global finance agenda. ...
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particularly in developing countries. Or foreign lenders might simply offer more attractive terms. For low-income countries especially, borrowing from international organizations like the World Bank is an essential option, as it can provide funding it might not otherwise be able to attain, at attracti...
HARARE, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank on Wednesday said it will offer technical support to Zimbabwe as it seeks to implement a debt arrears clearance plan, dubbed the Lima plan agreed with global lenders in Peru in 2015. Zimbabwe owes the World Bank over 1 billion U.S. dollars ...