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The liquidity crisis in developing countries is not over
External debt ratios of low-income and lower-middle-income countries are lower than before, but liquidity pressures have increased due to various shifts in the global economy
April 16, 2024
Politics & Policy
After 50 years, the World Bank and IMF return to Africa, and with them a dated approach
The two institutions' one-size-fits-all approach to Africa is one of several flaws limiting their effectiveness in addressing current global challenges
October 6, 2023
Economy
Politics & Policy
The World Bank and IMF are using flawed logic in their quest to do away with the informal sector
Recent reports by the World Bank and the IMF claim, wrongly, that informal economies undermine efforts to boost tax income and economic growth
November 8, 2021
Economy
Uganda receives IMF loan to stave off coronavirus impact
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it had approved a $419.5m (Shs1.6 trillion) loan to Uganda to help combat the economic fallout of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic
May 7, 2020
Politics & Policy
Africa’s big asks at this year’s IMF and World Bank spring meetings
The scale of the economic onslaught wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will dominate discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank spring meetings scheduled to take place – for the first time ever virtually – on 17 to 19 April
April 16, 2020
Opinion
Politics & Policy
The World Bank needs to reform and adapt to the changing world order
By nominating an American to head the World Bank, President Trump is continuing an outmoded tradition that does not take into account significant changes in the global distribution of power
February 8, 2019
Politics & Policy
Top job for South African gives African countries sway at the IMF
South Africa’s Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, has been selected as the first sub-Saharan African to serve as chair of the International Monetary and Finance Committee
January 30, 2018
Politics & Policy
IMF warns on Kenya’s interest cap law, but gov’t says too early to tell impact
Kenya's interest rate cap law has had "unintended negative consequences" on credit availability for small and medium-sized firms, and is also undermining the effectiveness of monetary policy, according to the IMF.
April 17, 2017