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8 months, 4 weeks ago

China’s Xi meets foreign business leaders amid jitters over economy

Meeting comes as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investment after a challenging few years for world’s No 2 economy. Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese President Xi Jinping met with American business leaders and academics at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, state media has reported, as he tries to woo foreign investment back to China after a challenging few years for …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Focused on job at hand, not future role, says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva

Live Mint

With just seven months to go in Kristalina Georgieva's term as head of the International Monetary Fund, she said on Tuesday that she isn't focused on whether to seek a second one. Keeping Georgieva on for a second term would answer longstanding concerns raised by emerging market and developing countries over the US-European duopoly at the two global financial institutions, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Artificial Intelligence will affect almost 40% jobs globally: IMF report

Hindustan Times

Artificial intelligence will affect almost 40% of global jobs, with advanced economies facing greater exposure than emerging markets and low-income countries, according to an International Monetary Fund analysis. Artificial intelligence will affect almost 40% of global jobs: IMF “In most scenarios, AI will likely worsen overall inequality, a troubling trend that policymakers must proactively address to prevent the technology from …

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1 year, 3 months ago

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva to visit China tomorrow

Hindustan Times

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will visit China Wednesday ahead of scheduled stops in two other Asian countries, a spokesperson said. "During August 30 to September 3, the Managing Director will be visiting China to engage in bilateral discussions with China's senior leadership team," the IMF spokesperson said on Tuesday. The IMF chief urged China's policymakers in March to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

IMF managing director to attend G20 summit in Delhi after trips to China and Indonesia

The Hindu

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will visit China from Wednesday to meet with top leaders, before travelling to Indonesia and India for ASEAN and Group of 20 summits, an IMF spokesperson said on Tuesday. "During August 30 to September 3 the Managing Director will be visiting China to engage in bilateral discussions with China's senior leadership team," they …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Pakistan’s premier meets with the head of IMF in Paris, hoping to unlock $6B deal to avoid default

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s premier Shahbaz Sharif met Thursday with the head of the International Monetary Fund on the sidelines of a global financing meeting in Paris, hoping to unlock a $6 billion bailout and gain the release of a critical tranche of $1.1 billion in loans which has been on hold since November. The meeting between Sharif and IMF’s Managing …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman flags need for common understanding of debt challenges

Live Mint

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday flagged the need for a common global understanding of challenges related to sovereign debt as world leaders gathered in Bengaluru for a G20 meeting discussing debt sustainability. Nirmala Sitharaman co-chaired a roundtable on debt on the sidelines of the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, along with IMF managing …

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3 years, 3 months ago

IMF chief denies altering World Bank 'doing business report' to favour China

India Today

World Bank leaders, including former Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied “undue pressure” on staff to boost China's ranking in the bank's “Doing Business 2018” report, according to an independent investigation released Thursday. China's ranking in the "Doing Business 2018" report, published in October 2017, rose seven places to 78th after the data methodology changes were made, compared with the initial …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Leaders agree in Paris on helping African economies revive

Associated Press

PARIS — More than 20 African heads of state and top officials from European governments, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund agreed Tuesday to seek an additional $100 billion for reviving Africa’s economies crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants also agreed Africa should be able to “massively” produce vaccines on the continent for its own population, notably via …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Yellen, Georgieva urge more women to consider career in economics

Al Jazeera

The United States treasury secretary and International Monetary Fund chief both said that for change to occur on a macro level, women must have a seat at the table where economic decisions are made. The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected women and threatens to reverse decades of progress towards gender equity, including in the field of economics, United States Treasury …

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