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IMFC Urges Governments to Rebuild Fiscal Buffers Before the Next Crisis The global economy has absorbed successive shocks better than many policymakers expected, but the...

IMF Says Smarter Taxation Can Lift Growth Without Widening Budget Deficits Governments struggling with heavy debt, expensive borrowing and weak growth do not necessarily need...

From Beneficiary to Donor: Mongolia Joins World Bank’s IDA Coalition Mongolia’s decision to become a donor to the World Bank Group’s International Development Association is...

Niger Shuts Export Door to Keep Petrol and Diesel at Home Niger has prohibited exports of premium petrol and diesel, putting domestic consumers ahead of...

African Governments Emerge as Anchor Customers for Homegrown AI African governments are beginning to emerge as customers for locally developed artificial intelligence, creating a route...

Angola Trapped Between Fiscal Discipline and the Politics of Expensive Fuel Angola could spend 3.8 trillion kwanzas, equivalent to US$4.16 billion, on fuel subsidies in...

Saied Faces Widening Resistance as Tunisians Unite Over Hardship and Lost Freedoms Thousands of Tunisians have staged the country’s largest protest against President Kais Saied,...

The World Can’t Afford to Get AI Wrong AI is here, and already having a profound impact on the global economy. Investment is flowing into...

SEC Moves to Establish Social Bond Market for Ghana Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission is developing Social Bond Guidelines intended to direct private capital towards...

SML Wins Asset Protection, But US$500 Million Battle with GRA Has Only Begun The preservation order secured by Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited in its dispute...