October 16, 2020/IMF By Ana Lariau and Jenny Lee IMF European Department Today the IMF welcomed the Principality of Andorra as its 190th member. Andorra—a microstate situated between France and Spain—joined the IMF when Elisenda Vives Balmaña, Ambassador of Andorra to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and Permanent Representative […]
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A Ghanaian maize farmer thrives on the ashes of destroyed forest
Hundreds of farmers are benefitting from a project that repurposes degraded forest land October 28, 2020/AfDB For years, Christiana Akwabea admired the vast fields she visited in neighboring districts to buy maize for reselling and dreamed of one day owning a plot of land where she could grow the staple […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to Emerge New DG of WTO
October 28, 2020 By Pacshal Ijeh InvestAdocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala is set to emerge the new director-general (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to media reports The reports quoted sources from the European Union that she got the endorsement for the job ahead of […]
