June 24, 2020/IMF A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery Global growth is projected at -4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than […]
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African Development Bank ranks 4th on global index of transparency
Publish What You Fund ranked the Bank ‘very good’ — The highest of the five categories used to assess organisations’ transparency June 24, 2020/AfDB Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index. The Index is […]
Bloomberg Philanthropies COVID-19 Global Response Initiative Supports 31 African Countries, Expands Containment, Trains Nearly 6,000 Health Care Workers
As COVID-19 continues to impact Africa, Bloomberg initiative also bolsters groundwork for future epidemic preparedness systems June 24, 2020/Bloomberg Philanthropies In the three months since Bloomberg Philanthropies launched its $40 million COVID-19 Global Response Initiative, with partner Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, 31 countries in Africa […]
