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AfDB, Partners Plan to Make Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway a Potent Economic and Industrial Hub

This 1,028-kilometre transnational coastal motorway will connect Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, while crossing through Ghana, Togo and Benin November 26, 2024/AfDB The Abidjan-Lagos corridor highway will link the cities of five major West African countries by 2030, and is set to become a powerful economic and industrial hub courtesy of […]

IMF Concludes Review of Transparency Policy, Open Archives Policy and Approves Reforms

The IMF Executive Board concluded the Review of the Fund’s Transparency and Open Archive Policies and approved reforms to improve their design and implementation to better adapt the policies to the current shock-prone world and fast-moving media environment. Key reforms under the Transparency Policy include steps to reinforce the policy’s […]

Statement on Fixed Income Clearing Corporation Rules

November 25, 2024/US SEC This past week, the Commission and our staff took a number of important steps to facilitate the implementation of rules regarding customer clearing in the U.S. Treasury market. I am pleased to support these actions because enhanced access to central clearing will lower costs and lower […]