New creditors, differing interests and coordination issues are hobbling sovereign debt restructuringAn IMF analysis suggests that several low-income countries (LICs) have been at high risk of debt distress or are in debt distress. Between ...
08 Dec, 2023, 11.04 PM IST
IMF calls for strengthening global financial architectureThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday sought urgent action from the global community to strengthen the international financial ...
25 Feb, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Tag Sri Lanka as 'low-income': FM Sitharaman urges IMFSri Lanka was classified as a middle-income country at the start of the pandemic. Sitharaman argued that given the nature of Sri Lanka's ec...
24 Apr, 2022, 11.59 PM IST
Poor countries' debt rose 12% to record $860 bln in 2020: World BankThe G20 and Paris Club of official creditors launched a Common Framework for Debt Treatments last year to restructure unsustainable debt si...
11 Oct, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
China's strategy of debt traps with confidentiality clausesUp till 2019, China Development Bank and China Import-Export bank granted loans worth almost $120 billion to the developing countries of As...
28 Sep, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
China keeps key Eastern African state of Kenya on tenterhooksThe Kenyan Treasury says it decided not to seek an extension of the debt relief beyond June 2021 and claimed that Kenya was fully paying th...
18 Aug, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
COVID debt restructuring push not advanced enough, IMF chief cautionsSpeaking on webcast, the IMF's managing director said some progress was being made in Chad, which along with Ethiopia and Zambia has become...
16 Jun, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
IMF, World Bank urged to ensure timely delivery of safe & effective COVID vaccines across countries"Timely delivery of safe and effective vaccines across all countries is critical to ending the pandemic, especially as new variants emerge....
10 Apr, 2021, 11.46 AM IST
Daicel to set up automobile airbag inflator manufacturing plant at CapitaLand’s OneHub ChennaiVinamra Srivastava, CEO, Business Parks, CapitaLand India, said: “We welcome Daicel to India and join OneHub Chennai’s growing community of...
18 Jan, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Narrow differences, resolve disputes through dialogue: Xi Jinping tells G20 SummitAddressing the virtual G20 Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Xi said China will always be a builder of global peace, a contribut...
21 Nov, 2020, 11.46 PM IST
Global debt to hit record $277 trln by year end on pandemic spending splurge-IIFDeveloped markets' overall debt jumped to 432% of GDP in the third quarter, from a ratio of about 380% at the end of 2019. Emerging market ...
18 Nov, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
G20 finalizing work on common framework for debt reductionsAgreed in principle by G20 officials last month and endorsed by the Paris Club of official creditors, the framework will essentially extend...
11 Nov, 2020, 06.01 PM IST
COVID-19 has resulted in largest global economic contraction in 80 years, say World Bank and IMF"The pandemic has resulted in the largest global economic contraction of the last eight decades: it is impacting developing, emerging and d...
16 Oct, 2020, 10.02 PM IST
Saudi Arabia hosts G20 talks on virus recovery, debt reliefThe virtual talks, hosted by current G20 president Saudi Arabia, come a day after the International Monetary Fund warned that global GDP wo...
14 Oct, 2020, 12.41 PM IST