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China refuses tough medicine to revive economy, goes for more stimulus
China must tackle its fundamental problem of weak household consumption to avoid stagnation, analysts say, but the latest package of measures falls short
Financial regulation at risk of fragmenting as US deviates from Basel
Lobbyists forced US to back down on strict interpretation of Basel III — and that was without Trump’s influence
Closing Asian gender jobs gap could unlock $2.3tr of untapped wealth
Despite southeast Asia’s runaway economic growth, analysis by the World Bank for GlobalMarkets shows that levelling up female participation in the workforce could add as much as $1,100 per capita to GDP
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Two more emerging market governments could join Chile and Uruguay as SLB issuers, drawn by flexibility on use of proceeds -
The World Bank has responded to concerns of vulnerable and small island economies that climate-resilient debt clauses allowing debt service to be suspended need to be less rigid
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Austria and Portugal’s central bank governors tell GlobalMarkets the pros and cons of undershooting the European Central Bank’s inflation target
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The three major credit rating agencies do not understand the ‘anatomies’ of African economies, three of the continent’s finance ministers said on the fringes of the IMF’s Annual Meetings
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Russian threat a good reason to prioritise defence, but so is boost to battery, EV and chip industries, says finance minister Andrzej Domanski
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Members old and new want to be on good terms with Russia and China — but not too much
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Government has been seeking investor feedback for blue and social bonds
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The World Bank urges fellow multilateral institutions to issue outcome bonds to expand and improve innovative development finance instrument
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The world’s poorest countries cause less than 1% of global emissions yet end up borrowing billions from MDBs to pay for measures to mitigate pollution caused by rich countries
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Paraguay’s finance minister Carlos Fernández Valdovinos says banks and PPP projects should take advantage of the sovereign’s first investment grade rating to follow it into international debt markets — even in guarani
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Despite southeast Asia’s runaway economic growth, analysis by the World Bank for GlobalMarkets shows that levelling up female participation in the workforce could add as much as $1,100 per capita to GDP
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