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Africa’s debt crisis: The need for multilateral solutions

Many African countries are struggling to service their debts, prompting many observers to call for urgent global action and greater involvement of African stakeholders in developing solutions. The rising costs of energy and food imports,...

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World Bank: China’s woes threaten East Asian economies

China’s economic malaise is weighing heavily on East Asia as a whole, one of the world’s key economic engines. But reforms in one sector could work wonders, the World Bank says. East Asia has been...

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New Development Bank: A challenge or complement to financial system

Challenging the World Bank and the IMF as a response to their failed reforms or complementing the existing market players with efficiency and not a competition, the New Development Bank focuses beyond those things and...

World Bank endorses first grant to Myanmar in 25 years

The World Bank has approved a multi-million-dollar grant for Myanmar to support reform endeavors in the country formally known as Burma. It’s the first financial aid provided to the nation in over two decades. The...

Chidambaram worried over Commodity speculation

While addressing the Development Committee meeting of the World Bank in Tokyo, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram wants urgent steps at the international level needs to initiate to curtail the diversion of foodgrains for alternative uses....