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Fiji Department of Information 5 April, 2021, 8:15 am Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Satyendra Prasad (top right) spoke at the recent World Bank Pre-Spring virtual Meeting. Picture: SUPPLIED Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations,  Satyendra Prasad spoke at the recent World Bank Pre-Spring virtual Meeting, during which he emphasised on the need for greater support in addressing the repeated climate catastrophes that continues to threaten stability a...

Your Excellency, Ambassador Baye Moctar Diop, permanent representative of the Republic of Senegal to the African Union (AU) and AU Peace and Security chairperson, thank you for giving the International Crisis Group the opportunity to address the AU Peace and Security Council on this important theme of “Peace, Security and Development: Taking Security Challenges into Account in Development Financing”. It is an honour for us to be invited to this important chamber and to present to your exc...

By Kadiri Abdulrahman At the inception of the present regime on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his intention to diversify the Nation’s economy and move it away from sole dependence on crude oil. Top on the government’s list of diversifiable alternatives was agriculture. Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was...

Top on the government’s list of diversifiable alternatives was agriculture. Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was for the country to boost agricultural production and for Nigeria to reverse its negative balance of payment on food. The first step, however, will be for the nation to achieve self sufficiency in food by, at least, ...

Top regulator warns of predatory online lending programs By Jiang Xueqing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-29 21:41 Share [Photo/VCG] Chinas top banking and insurance regulator warned consumers of the risks and traps associated with excessive borrowing via online lending platforms on Tuesday. To acquire a large number of clients, some online lending platforms are over marketing to consumers loans and certain types of financial products, w...

Bank Indonesia (BI) launched its 2025 money market development blueprint (BPPU 2025) on Dec. 14 to mark a significant move toward a modern and advanced money market. The launch comes in time with the momentum of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the emerging digitalization trend. Consisting of the rupiah market, the foreign exchange market and their derivative markets, the money market supplies liquidity. A well-developed money market would provide a more efficient alternative fu...