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International Monetary Fund has signed off on an initial loan of $900 million and raised its estimate for the country’s economic growth

Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The US is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt, Ghana, Pakistan, and other countries face grave financial difficulties. And the Chinese are delaying or hampering multilateral efforts to restructure low- and middle-income countries' debt.

Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday the country will share its upcoming budget details with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to unlock stalled funds.

Praise from the IMF and optimism on inflation have given way to echoes of last autumn’s turmoil

India’s exports and imports further weakened in April, 2023, in continuation of the declining trend that has been observed since June, 2022.

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner slammed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, saying that the program agreed to with the multinational lender is holding back the country's economy.

It is too early to tell whether all the talk about reforming development finance at this year's International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings will translate into meaningful policy action for the Global South. But multilateral financial institutions increasingly recognise the need to evolve to remain relevant in light…

In countries across the Global South, the launch of IMF programs often sparks considerable concern. This is because of the IMF’s reputation: during the 1980s, many nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America turned to the IMF seeking loans to mitigate economic challenges. These loans were accompanied by stringent conditions,…