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The IMF and World Bank last held their meetings in Africa in 1973, when Kenya hosted the event and some nations were still under colonial rule. | Photo Credit: Reuters The IMF and World Bank gather in Morocco Monday for their first annual meetings on African soil in 50 years, under pressure to reform to…
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Image used for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan has rejected a report claiming that it sold arms and ammunition to Ukraine in order to secure a crucial bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on September 18 rejected as “baseless and fabricated” the Intercept…
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H.J.M Seneviratne cuts yellow paddy stems that dried following drought, at his paddy field in Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: Reuters H.J.M Seneviratne (63) slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed more than 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s summer rice harvest. The island’s…
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File picture of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva | Photo Credit: Reuters International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will visit China from Wednesday to meet with top leaders, before travelling to Indonesia and India for ASEAN and Group of 20 summits, an IMF spokesperson said on Tuesday. “During August 30 to September…
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IMF delegates participate in a news conference on the IMF release of the World Economic Outlook Update, at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Names of 5 crore MGNREGS workers deleted in 2022-23, Minister informs Lok Sabha Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh, in a written reply to the…
IMF delegates participate in a news conference on the IMF release of the World Economic Outlook Update, at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP The IMF on July 25 projected a growth rate of 6.1% for India in 2023, which is a 0.2 percentage point upward revision compared…
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