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Francois Villeroy de Galhau slammed the uncertainty the US president’s import levies have sparked in economies and markets ...
The Iraqi Minister of Finance and the IFC's regional Vice President discussed ways to address the challenges to investment in Iraq.
Nigeria’s economic outlook is strengthening, with the federal government targeting 7 percent economic growth and large-scale job creation, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the ...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has described inflation as the most significant threat to the economic welfare of Nigerians, pledging the CBN’s commitment to ...
This, in turn, increases vulnerability, weakens growth prospects and drives up borrowing costs, shrinking fiscal space even ...
The U.S. is Singapore's second-largest export market, accounting for 11% of the Southeast Asian country's outbound shipments last year. About 55% of the products exported to America are subject to the ...
A call for philanthropists to unite; Melinda French Gates' new book; and what we learned on the ground at the World Bank and ...
Following downgrades to its growth outlooks for the U.S., U.K. and many Asian countries, the International Monetary Fund last ...
Ghana’s central bank chief forecasts inflation in Africa’s biggest gold producer will slow further after the monetary ...
European officials see the concern over the “safe haven” reputation of U.S. financial assets as a chance to attract investors ...
On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary ...
An “America First” policy, ironically, may encourage other countries to leave the U.S. behind, far from the pole position.