(Business in Cameroon) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Fiscal Affairs Department will conduct a technical assistance mission in Cameroon from February 15th – 26th, 2021. Led by Jean Luc Hélis (senior economist at the IMF), it will be conducted by videoconference due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The aim of the mission is to support Cameroonian authorities in strengthening the financial governance and supervision of public corporations, indicates the General Budget Directorate.
Specifically, the team will assess the legal and institutional framework as well as the internal and external missions overseeing those corporations. It will also examine the relationship between the State and public corporations based on various factors (revenue, expenditure, taxes, subsidies, guarantees, on-lending). In addition, the mission will identify the budgetary risks that weigh on public enterprises, build the capacities of the actors involved in that segment and improve the govern
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Decisive government actions are necessary to ensure swift
and extensive vaccine rollout, protect the most vulnerable households and
otherwise viable firms, and foster a durable and inclusive recovery, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating in many
countries and uncertainty is unusually high,” Vitor Gaspar, director of
the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, and his three colleagues wrote in a blog,
as the IMF released its Fiscal Monitor update.
“Global cooperation on producing and widely
distributing treatments and vaccines to all countries at low cost is
crucial,” Gaspar said. “The sooner the global pandemic ends, the
Decisive government actions are necessary to ensure swift and extensive vaccine rollout, protect the most vulnerable households and otherwise viable firms, and foster a durable and inclusive recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) .
IMF on Tuesday projected an impressive 11.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021.
India must ensure that the Covid-19 pandemic is well contained and the distribution and rollout of vaccines are well managed if it wants to achieve a double-digit growth rate for the next fiscal year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday, insisting that securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response.
IMF on Tuesday projected an impressive 11.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021, making the country the only major economy of the world to register the double-digit growth this year amid the catastrophic coronavirus pandemic.