February 15, 2021/WTO WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as […]
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A Winding Road to Recovery for Latin America, Caribbean
February 12, 2021/IMF A WINDING ROAD TO RECOVERY FOR LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN Latin America and Caribbean economies face a resurging virus that threatens to thwart an uneven recovery, increase COVID-19 cases and deaths, and plunge more people into poverty, Alejandro Werner, the director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, writes […]
IMF Sees 1.5% Real Output Growth for Nigeria in 2021; Proffers Solutions for Recovery
February 12, 2021/Cowry Asset Report In the just concluded week, the International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board released the report of their assessment of the 2020 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria, highlighting the weakened state of the economy and proffering ways to improve fiscal policy sustainability, exchange rate stability, price stability […]
