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IMF Chief to Discuss Global Economy Sept’02

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will look ahead to the 2014 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings and discuss the state of the global economy, the challenges and risks. This is coming on the heels of the IMF/World Bank Annual […]

Understanding the latest NCC Numbers: Subscriber Numbers Spike under Review

Sunday, September 28, 2014 11.55 AM / Arc. Kola Ogunleye”” Recently, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the market regulator for the telecommunications industry published fresh statistics relating to the subscriber base of the various telecommunication outfits operating in the country. According to the report published on the website of the […]

Now Is a Good Time to Invest in Infrastructure

September 30, 2014 by iMFdirect By Abdul Abiad, Davide Furceri, and Petia Topalova Infrastructure is the backbone of well-functioning economies. Unfortunately, that backbone is becoming increasingly brittle in a number of advanced economies. For example, there has been a decline in the overall quality of infrastructure in the United States […]