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Comments come at the back of a 10-day visit by an IMF delegation, as Pakistan hopes to unlock $1.1bn of crucial funds.

Many believe there is little future in trying to tackle problems of the 2020s with institutions created in the 1940s

Some of the harshest economic effects of the war are being felt much farther afield than Russia’s theatre of battle.

The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine, setting the stage for talks on a full loan program that would support Kyiv's economy and its bid to join the European Union.

Ten public figures arrested since Saturday as President Kais Saied pursues what Amnesty calls a repression of dissent

Economists say cash-strapped Pakistan’s latest plan for economic recovery is likely to take a painful toll on its poor

Lebanese Finance Minister Youssef Khalil said replacing central bank governor Riad Salameh, who has held the job for three decades, would be difficult and that his term may be extended though no consensus has yet been reached. Salameh, who is being investigated by European and Lebanese prosecutors for alleged embezzlement…

Pictures of devastation in Ukraine following Russia's invasion have sparked urgent questions over how its reconstruction can be paid for. But before they can even begin to be answered, Kyiv is seeking billions just to ride out this year.

This 29-year-old spearheaded a protest movement that toppled Sri Lanka's government. But after his triumphant moment, Wasantha was taken into a feared detention system where prisoners have been tortured and killed.

Leading climate figures are urging the Biden administration to use the early departure of the Trump-appointed head of the World Bank as an opening to overhaul the powerful financial institution

Measures proposed to secure the crucial loan include raising the general sales tax by a percentage point to 18 percent.