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IMF MD Welcomes Qatar’s Pledge for IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust and the Resilience and Sustainability Trust

May 24, 2023/IMF Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement: “I welcome the very important pledge, announced by Qatar today, of 20% of its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) holdings toward the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) and Resilience and Sustainability […]

AFC Japan Bank for International Cooperation collaborate to accelerate energy transition in Africa

This collaboration aims to develop and finance infrastructure projects on the continent that contribute to accelerating Africa’s path to net-zero in a pragmatic way May 24, 2023/AFC Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Japan’s policy-based financial institution, have […]

IOSCO Sets the Standard for Global Crypto Regulation

May 23, 2023/IOSCO IOSCO, the global standard setter for securities markets, has today issued for consultation detailed recommendations to jurisdictions across the globe as to how to regulate crypto-assets. In a major initiative designed to improve global standards of regulation of crypto-assets, IOSCO has set out how clients should be […]