March 10, 2021/IMFBlog By Ian Parry Over the next decade, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 25– 50 percent to be on track for meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of containing global warming to 1.5–2°C. The United States intends to do its part. Its climate plan […]

March 10, 2021/EBRD By Cecilia Calatrava The Bank celebrates the achievements of inspiring female entrepreneurs The EBRD believes that equality of opportunity is a fundamental component of sustainable economic growth. That is why, in the week of International Women’s Day, the Bank is joining the global call to accelerate gender parity. […]

March 9, 2021/Proshare FBNQuest Research  The CBN’s launch at the weekend of its “Naira 4 dollar scheme” to boost the inflow of workers’ remittances has prompted parallels with Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Nigeria’s case and heavily driven by the COVID-19 virus, remittances in Q3 ’20 were running 33% below the […]