India takes leading role in calling for multilateral bank reforms
India has also adopted another two-pronged approach to promote change: Setting up a fund with the UN for developing countries and working with the BRICS on the New Development Bank.
India has also adopted another two-pronged approach to promote change: Setting up a fund with the UN for developing countries and working with the BRICS on the New Development Bank.
As the world is in the midst of the ‘Great Election Year’ of 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sounded the alarm on the perilous tight-rope walk between democratic exercises and fiscal responsibility.
The Maldives is highly vulnerable to climate change risks, with potentially severe economic costs due to floods and rising sea level, the IMF said.
It also upgraded the growth forecast for the India economy by 0.2 percentage points to 6.5 percent for both 2024 and 2025, citing resilient domestic demand.
The data cited the buoyant domestic spending and improved global growth prospects.
In the complex world of international finance, the recent reclassification of India’s exchange rate regime by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from “floating” to “stabilised arrangement” has sparked a spirited disagreement between it and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The IMF reclassified India’s foreign-exchange regime to a stabilised arrangement from a floating system, it said in its annual Article IV country report.
The World Bank has issued a stern warning that Pakistan’s present economic model can no longer be successful in alleviating…
IMF lending always boosts investors' confidence, as strong reform preconditions the Fund imposes help a country's eco- nomic recovery.
Sitaraman pointed out various initiatives taken by the Govt of India for women's empowerment, enhancing their economic independence and their outcomes.
