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How private investors are making billions from countries in debt
20 Dec 2025 11:11 GMT
… debt is held by multilateral lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF … bankruptcy laws,” said World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill last year. “Private … defaulting on high-interest loans from the bank - and Afreximbank has …
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IMF approves $206 million in emergency funding for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka
20 Dec 2025 11:04 GMT
The International Monetary Fund has approved emergency financial … of Cyclone Ditwah. The IMF Executive Board authorized the … quot; underscoring the severe economic shock superimposed on the … IMF emphasized that all emergency expenditures financed by the loan …
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ZIPAR PREDICTS 6.4% GROWTH FOR ZAMBIA’S ECONOMY IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2026
20 Dec 2025 12:39 GMT
… GROWTH FOR ZAMBIA’S ECONOMY IN FIRST QUARTER OF … . Chikuba notes that while economic growth slowed in 2025 largely … drawing rights by the International Monetary Fund and stronger export earnings … across key sectors of the economy.
Mr. Chikuba has however …
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World Bank approves $700 million loan for Pakistan
20 Dec 2025 13:12 GMT
… be released under the bank’s Public Resources for … Bolormaa Amgaabazar, the World Bank’s country director for … Akhtar Haque, World Bank lead country economist for Pakistan, said strengthening … added.
In November, an IMF-World Bank report, uploaded by the …
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World Bank approves $700 million for Pakistan’s fiscal reforms and service delivery enhancement
20 Dec 2025 11:12 GMT
The World Bank’s Board of Executive … ongoing fiscal reforms under the IMF-Extended Fund Facility and the … program objectives.
The World Bank emphasized that the program will … primary healthcare and schools.
World Bank officials emphasized that these reforms …
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World Bank approves $700mn for Pakistan to strengthen macroeconomic stability
20 Dec 2025 09:42 GMT
… reforms, aligned with the IMF-Extended Fund Facility program … are achieved, the World Bank said.
“Pakistan’s path … ,” said Bolormaa Amgaabazar, World Bank Country Director for Pakistan.
… Haque, Lead Country Economist for the World Bank in Pakistan.
“Through …
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EU to provide Ukraine with loan
20 Dec 2025 09:19 GMT
… free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic … years of war, the International Monetary Fund estimates that Ukraine will need … all countries agreed to the loan package. Hungary, Slovakia … Bank launched a lawsuit against Euroclear to prevent any loan …
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Russia’s economy is struggling. But that won’t bring Putin to the negotiating table for years
20 Dec 2025 09:03 GMT
… used to it. The International Monetary Fund has forecast that year-over … a new class of wartime economic “winners,” including defense contractors, … on June 10, 2025. IMF forecasts show that year-over … the director of the Economic Statecraft Initiative at the …
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IMF approves $206m aid for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka
20 Dec 2025 09:06 GMT
… -payments stress and budget strain. IMF officials stressed the need for … a World Bank project. Separately, it secured a $200 million loan from … the Asian Development Bank.
Read more: Sri … in early 2026 after assessing economic damage.
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Sri Lanka to get 3-year grace for $206mn emergency IMF loan, base rate 3.27-pct
20 Dec 2025 04:07 GMT
… Rapid Finance Instrument loan, Evan Papageorgiou, IMF Mission Chief for … open market operations (monetizing bank rupee assets) have … the economic policies and targets in the IMF program … Lanka’s good progress toward debt sustainability,” Papageorgiou said.
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