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Elumelu Calls on African Governments, Donors to Treat Farmers as Entrepreneurs

26/4/2016/Heirs Holdings …And for the U.S. Government to fight famine with flexibility Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa and Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation has called on African governments and donors to treat the agricultural sector in Africa as a commercially viable sector with […]

Tackling China’s Debt Problem: Can Debt-Equity Conversions Help?

Posted on April 26, 2016 by iMFdirect By James Daniel, José Garrido, and Marina Moretti China’s high and rising corporate debt problem and how best to address it has received much attention recently. Indeed, corporate debt in China has risen to about 160 percent of GDP, which is very high […]

IOSCO, PIFS-Harvard Law School Launch Global Certificate Program for Regulators of Securities Markets

26/4/2016/IOSCO The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School (PIFS-HLS) today announced the launch of a joint Global Certificate Program for Regulators of Securities Markets. IOSCO and PIFS-HLS jointly developed a two-phase program aimed at offering IOSCO members an executive […]