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In its regular bi-monthly press briefing, the IMF said today that it will send a team to Greece early next month to meet with Greek authorities and its European partners. IMF
In its regular bi-monthly press briefing, the IMF said today that it will send a team to Greece early next month to meet with Greek authorities and its European partners. IMF
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) reports on the mid-year update of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2013. UNTV
A record US$ 260 billion was sent home by migrant Asian workers last year and one in ten Asian families depend on this remittance money to survive. But, according to a new report to be launched on 20 May 2013, high fees and limited financial services mean that the potential impact this money could have [...]
Somalia has seen major changes in recent years as large parts of the country, including the capital Mogadishu, and other major cities were liberated from the once-feared al-Shabaab extremist group by Somalia's security forces, who are supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). AU-UN/IST
The International Monetary Fund says that growth in Latin America and the Caribbeanis set to pick up from 3 percent in 2012 to 3 and a half percent in 2013, supported by stronger external demand, favorable financing conditions, and the effects of earlier policy easing in some countries. IMF
After a year of subdued economic performance, growth in Asia is set to pick up this year driven largely by continued robust domestic demand, says the IMF in its latest Regional Economic Outlook, which predicts growth will reach about 5¾ percent. IMF
John Wilmoth, the Director of the Population Division at the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs, along with Graeme Hugo, the Director of the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre at the University of Adelaide brief journalists on global migration trends. UNTV
The IMF says that the global economy has avoided some major tail risks and financial market conditions continue to improve. IMF
The IMF says that while Asia is leading the three-speed global recovery with growth picking up to 5 and three quarters percent in 2014, the Middle East is struggling as slowing oil production and political transitions in some oil-importing countries are taking a bite out of the region's growth. IMF
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discuss what the two organizations and their partners must do to turn the goal of ending extreme poverty into a reality and engage global citizens around this topic. WORLD BANK