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From uneven economic recovery to unequal access to vaccines; from widening income losses to divergence in learning, COVID-19 has had a disproportionate

Countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governments around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with massive fiscal, monetary, and financial stimulus packages. While these measures were aimed at addressing the health emergency, cushioning the impact of the pandemic on the poor and vulnerable and putting countries on a path to recovery, the resulting debt burden of the world’s low-income countries rose 12% to a record US$860 billion in 2020, according to a new World Bank report.

Debt reduction, restructuring, and transparency needed to help low-income countries overcome debt challenges WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2021- Governments

<p><span>We, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G7, met virtually on 28 May 2021, and Finance Ministers met in London on 4-5 June 2021, joined by the Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Eurogroup, and (on 28 May) Financial Stability Board (FSB). We agreed concrete actions to address today’s historic challenges and as part of our renewed and urgent effort towards ...

World Bank/IMF: Committee says COVID-19 pandemic causing economic shock, others On BY Peter Egwuatu The Development Committee of World Bank Group , WBG and International Monetary Fund, IMF on Friday said that the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented public health, economic, and social crisis, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions. The Committee stated this at the ongoing World Bank /IMF 2021 virtual Spring Meeting. According to a communiqué from the Committee...