By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said it’s a welcome development for China to subscribe to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). “I welcome China’s intention to subscribe to the SDDS, which will greatly enhance the availability of timely and […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Sunday  called on the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders to implement growth strategies that would lift their collective Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by at least 2.1 percent by 2018. This is coming on […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) has endorsed the  emphasis and initiative the Group of Twenty (G20) has placed on infrastructure over the past few years. The IMF and MDBs affirmed that infrastructure is key to tackling poverty and […]