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William Horobin President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. (GETTY) International Monetary Fund resources should be used to buy out holders of African bonds and avert a crisis as a global push for debt relief runs aground, the head of the continent’s biggest multilateral lender said on Tuesday. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, said the Common Framework — created by the Group of 20 leading economies to g...

The consultation by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) on its proposed levy for the period from 2022 to 2025 has now closed. The CITB is finalising its levy proposals before opening a period of consensus from 4 June 2021 to 15 August 2021 during which construction businesses will be able to comment. The CITB levy applies to all employers "engaged wholly or mainly in construction industry activities" and is used by the CITB to ensure that construction employers have the skilled wo...

G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué (London, 5 May 2021) Share I. Preamble 1. We, the Foreign and Development Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7), and the High Representative of the European Union, are meeting today at a critical juncture for our people, our planet, our security and our future prosperity. Democracy is under pressure globally; the pandemic continues to pose acute global challenges; new technological threats are mounting; and the catastrophic effects of ...

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) May 05, 2021 -- The Group of Thirty (G30) today published Sovereign Debt and Financing for Recovery after the COVID-19 Shock: Next Steps to

The United Nations called this week for expanded debt relief to all developing countries that request it and faster, more equitable COVID-19 vaccinations to tackle “unprecedented” fallout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Even if we witness an economic recovery globally this year, we cannot expect a dramatic reversal in poverty levels due to the long-term damage caused by Covid-19.

Eric LeCompte Addresses Special UN Session on COVID Response Eric LeCompte Addresses Special UN Session on COVID Response April 24, 2021 United Nations ECOSOC Special Session on Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing States:  Financing a resilient recovery from the cascading effects of COVID-19  23 April 2021 By Eric LeCompte, Executive Director, Jubilee USA Network (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Your Excellencies, its good to be with you for t...

Global health challenges threaten the United States’ health and economic security, a reality made painfully clear over the past 14 months. Many low- and middle-income countries lack adequate domestic resources to invest in public health and, at the same time, face mounting debt burdens that impede their ability to raise new funding for essential investments. The Covid-19 pandemic is a call to action to rethink how the United States prioritizes pandemic preparedness and investments in public...

Valentin Lang, David Mihalyi, Andrea Presbitero The Covid-19 pandemic has propelled the issue of debt distress to the very forefront of the policy agenda. A series of debt defaults in developing countries occurred in 2020, and 2021 could see further defaults as an increasing number of poor and middle-income countries are running out of fiscal and monetary capacity while still confronting the health and economic challenges from the pandemic. These countries need more support to fight the health...

IMF chief: Intl solidarity key amid global shift to recovery By Chen Jia in Boao, Hainan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-20 11:34 Share The emblem of International Monetary Fund. [Photo/Xinhua] Solidarity between countries remains important when the world is shifting from deep recession to recovery, along with digital transformation and the necessity of green investments, according to the International Monetary Fund chief on Tuesday. "As...