February 16, 2017/AfDB The eight-nation Intergovernmental Agency on Development (IGAD) has secured a US $3.50-million grant from the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, to finance the agency’s Infrastructure Master Plan (IRIMP). The project, to be completed in 38 months, seeks to establish […]
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Activity in African capital markets shows significant decline in 2016 amidst economic uncertainty, global political upheaval: PwC report
February 16, 2017/PwC 2016 marked a challenging year for African equity markets in the wake of lower economic growth and political upheaval around the globe, largely as a result of the US elections cycle and the Brexit vote. African equity capital markets (ECM) broke a streak of three successive years […]
Jamaica Implements the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System
February 15, 2017/IMF Jamaica has implemented the recommendations of the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e‑GDDS)—endorsed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board in May 2015—by publishing critical data through a National Summary Data Page (NSDP). The page serves as a one-stop publication vehicle for essential macroeconomic data—in both human […]
