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IOSCO Updates on Application of Accounting Standards during the COVID-19 Outbreak

April 3, 2020/IOSCO The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is the leading international policy forum for securities regulators and is recognised as the global standard setter for securities regulation. The organisation’s membership regulates more than 95% of the world’s securities markets and is responsible for the oversight of capital […]

IMF Announces a Recession, Projects Recovery in 2021

April 2, 2020/IMF Good morning. The governing body of the IMF—the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), representing our 189 member countries— met today to discuss the unprecedented challenge posed to the world by COVID-19. Following yesterday’s G20 Leaders meeting, the IMFC took stock of the rapidly developing health crisis, it’s […]

Coronavirus – Africa: WHO concerned as COVID-19 cases accelerate in Africa

To contain COVID-19, many countries in Africa are implementing measures, which restrict gatherings and the movement of people April 2, 2020/WHO With more than 6000 COVID-19 cases reported in Africa, the virus is threatening fragile health systems on the continent. Infections are increasingly spreading not only between African countries but […]