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GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 19th International Finance Forum Annual Meeting will take place between December 2 to 4 in Guangzhou with packed meetings and events centred

South Chinas Guangzhou to host intl finance forum-

The 19th International Finance Forum Annual Meeting will take place between Dec 2 to 4 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. This year’s meeting is co-organized by the International Finance Forum and the People’s Government of Guangzhou.

GUANGZHOU, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The 19th International Finance Forum (IFF) Annual Meeting will be held in Guangzhou, south China Guangdong Province, from Dec. 2

Ghana has assumed the Presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Chair of the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Ministers of Finance from 2022 to 2024. Government will, therefore, leverage the opportunity to accelerate its climate agenda outlined in Ghana’s Climate Prosperity Plans. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of…

The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana famously warned that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". But sometimes even those who can recall the past have a selective memory and draw the wrong conclusions. This is how the global policy response to the current bout of inflation is playing out, with governments and central banks across the developed world insisting that the only way to tame soaring prices is by raising interest rates and tightening mone...

 NEW DELHI  —  The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana famously warned that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. But sometimes even those who can recall the past have a selective memory and draw the wrong conclusions. This is how the global policy response to the current bout of inflation is playing out, with governments and central banks

Madagascar conjures up images of rich, unique biodiversity, dense forests, and the longest coastline in Africa. And so, it would come as a surprise to learn that Madagascar is one of only 22 out of 146 countries where wealth per capita—a measure of sustainability of growth—declined between 1995 and 2018, and that this decline was driven by the low productivity of the country’s natural capital base. Reversing the trend is possible. But to do so will require better management of Madagascar�...

The over-reliance on interest-rate increases will likely lead to economic disaster in low- and middle-income countries.

It is estimated that these floods have increased the incidence of poverty by more than 3.7pc.