July 22, 2021/IMF On July 19, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with the United States. The United States (US) has been hit hard by the pandemic, which has tragically resulted in close to 600,000 deaths. Thanks to mask mandates, social […]
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The IMF Approves Policy Reforms and Funding Package to Better Support the Recovery of Low Income Countries From the Pandemic
The reforms approved by the IMF’s Executive Board seek to ensure that the Fund can flexibly support Low Income Countries (LICs’) financing needs during the pandemic and the recovery while continuing to provide concessional loans at zero interest rates. The centerpiece of the approved policy reforms is a 45 percent […]
Mastercard Joins the Regional Alliance for the Digitalization of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
July 22, 2021/Mastercard Private and public sector unite to support a collaborative virtual platform, which aims to offer digital skills courses to 3.8 million women and create more than one million economic opportunities for women in the region throughout the next three years. Mastercard today announced that it will join […]
