[ad_1] LIMA, June 13 (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga wants the lender to focus on more “scalable, replicable” projects across Latin America and elsewhere for transport and infrastructure…
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IMF expects ‘continued tangible progress’ from global sovereign debt roundtable
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it expects the global sovereign debt roundtable to make “tangible” progress toward quicker debt restructurings for heavily…
World Bank board elects US nominee Ajay Banga as president
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s 25-member executive board on Wednesday elected former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to a five-year term as president, effective June 2, the…
World Bank launches more robust, transparent business climate rankings
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – The World Bank on Monday unveiled new methodology and improved safeguards for assessing the business climate in up to 180 countries after embarrassing revelations…
South Africa’s finance minister rules out recession in 2023
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – South Africa will not fall into recession this year despite a gloomy International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast and a contraction in the last three…
World Bank’s new boss must push ahead on reforms, fight poverty-French minister
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) – France’s development minister said on Thursday she will tell the World Bank’s expected next president, Ajay Banga, to maintain the bank’s anti-poverty mission while…
Exclusive: To measure progress on sovereign debt, look to actual deals -World Bank’s Malpass
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) – World Bank President David Malpass on Thursday said progress on sovereign debt issues would be measured by actual restructuring deals being agreed for Ghana,…
BoE’s Bailey says bank reforms worked but questions about liquidity buffers
[ad_1] Liquidity buffers introduced after global financial crisis BoE’s Bailey says questions about how big they should be Basel Committee’s de Cos warns against hasty reforms De Cos: stocktake of…
Analysis: Vaccine bond sales to soar to fund COVID-19 shots for poor countries
[ad_1] LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for…