World Bank President Ajay Banga will unveil measures, including the pause on repayments and embedding catastrophe insurance into new loans in a speech in Paris on Thursday.
Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across the south after the destruction of the dam, with Russia and Ukraine trading blame for the disaster.
During meeting with Banga a day before former Mastercard CEO takes office at World Bank, Yellen ‘conveyed her strong desire for Treasury to continue close collaboration’ with him.
Banga, nominated for the post by US President Joe Biden, will take over the role on 2 June. He was the sole contender to replace departing chief David Malpass whose term ends next month.
The bank's latest World Development Report said that about 184 million people across the world now live in countries where they lack citizenship, 43% in low- and middle-income countries.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was scheduled to attend meetings from 10 April and see top IMF officials and multilateral creditors in a bid to secure stalled funding.
World Bank officials and economists say that while govt expenditure in infrastructure is encouraging some private investment, reforms in land, labour, and capital market laws are needed to boost confidence.
World Bank’s India Development Update does, however, say that inflation will ease, and that strong services exports will mitigate some external factors expected to slow growth.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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