During his tenure, the bank has seen its fortunes rise on several fronts, including the largest general capital increase in its history with a capital base of $208 billion dollars April 16, 2020 By Lewis Chukwuma The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is Africa’s premier development finance institution. It comprises […]
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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region—Lowest Growth Since the 1960s
April 15, 2020/IMFBlog By Chang Yong Rhee This is a crisis like no other. It is worse than the Global Financial Crisis, and Asia is not immune. While there is huge uncertainty about 2020 growth prospects, and even more so about the 2021 outlook, the impact of the coronavirus on […]
Spring Meetings for Funds to Fight off the Virus – FBNQuest
April 15, 2020/Hill+Knowlton Strategies The fiscal and monetary firepower of the Nigerian authorities to resist the coronavirus is limited, as we noted last week, although the CBN is to make a sizeable contribution from its own balance sheet. Attention has therefore shifted to this week’s spring meetings of the IMF […]
