July 14, 2016/IMF By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director IMF Good afternoon. Thank you, Rajesh, for your kind introduction. I am delighted to return to the Center for Global Development (CGD), which this year marks its 15th anniversary. Combining idealism with realism, CGD has significantly enriched the global dialogue on development. […]

July 11, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Sunday, 10 July 2016 announced the appointment of Dr. Celestin Monga, a Cameroonian national and currently the Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as the Bank’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management. Monga has […]

July 11, 2016/MasterCard Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop technology solutions that drive Singapore’s competitiveness At the World Cities Summit today, MasterCard and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help companies in Singapore build innovative technology solutions. These efforts […]