Tag: Africa Countries

Lagarde, Bio-Tchané Co-Chairs African Consultative Group Meeting

17/4/2016/IMF Mr. Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, Chairman of the African Caucus, and Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), co-chaired the African Consultative Group meeting today at the IMF Headquarters. They issued the following statement after the conclusion of the Group’s meeting in Washington. “We had very productive discussions on […]

World Bank Chides Nigeria, Others over Poor Statistics

The World Bank has decried the quality and relevance of data from Nigeria and other African countries, which it described as largely obsolete. The bank’s Director, Department of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programmes, Africa, Mr. Marcelo Giugale, stated this in a report e-mailed to THISDAY at the weekend. He […]