It means investing in people: expanding access to educational opportunities, building up social safety nets that can protect the health and well-being of the most vulnerable, Ms Georgieva said.
In April, the IMF revised up its forecast for global economic growth to 6 per cent for 2021, from an earlier 5.5 per cent forecast, citing the rapid vaccine rollout and substantial fiscal and monetary stimulus by governments and central banks.
However, about 150 countries are unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year and 110 will still be suffering from the same fate next year, the Washington-based lender warned at the time.
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and with Pope Francis in another stop of his one-week European tour.
Friday, May 14, 2021
Janet Yellen Speaks to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences About the Need For Global Corporate Tax Coordination!
Pope Francis
This has to be a first for a United States Treasury Secretary.
During a virtual speech this morning, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at a
Dreaming of a Better Restart event:
Let me close with a few words about.the race to the bottom on corporate tax rates. Our challenge is to make sure governments have stable tax systems that raise sufficient revenue to invest in essential public goods and respond to crises, and that all citizens fairly share the burden of financing government.
Vatican City, Mar 1, 2018 / 05:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A new letter issued by the Vatican’s doctrinal office has reaffirmed that Christian salvation can only come through Christ and the Church, and highlighted modern expressions of Pelagian and Gnostic thought which contradict this belief.
Signed by Archbishop Luis Ladaria SJ, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on the Feb. 22 feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the letter is addressed to the world’s bishops.
It clarifies how the ancient heresies of Pelagianism and Gnosticism are diffused in modern culture, and urges Christians to evangelize while engaging with those from other religions in a spirit of genuine dialogue.
May 07, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: “Four Vatican institutions the Pontifical Council for Culture, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Social Sciences, the Pontifical Academy for Life, and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development have been at the forefront” of hosting such conferences, journalist Edward Pentin notes.
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