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UK joins calls for World Bank reform to focus funding on climate crisis

Alok Sharma’s intervention puts pressure on Trump-appointed Bank chief who faces calls to resign

The Guardian - UK

Xi’s economy sees ‘beautiful life’ in China nationalism, control

Chinese President Xi Jinping is presiding over a new era that prioritises political control over economic development.

Al Jazeera

IMF Sees Middle East Growth at 5%

The Middle East is projected to grow at five percent this year, up from 4.1 percent in 2021.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Commentary: How to foot the bill on urgent climate action

This week’s annual meetings of the World Bank could have important implications for the climate crisis and could help shift the trajectory of global warming. Multilateral development banks can make or break the transition to renewable energy, and governments are their shareholders. It’s time for those governments to step up…

Tribune News Service

Kwasi Kwarteng dashes home early from US for tax U-turn talks as minister insists chancellor’s job is safe

Chancellor leaves IMF meetings early but trade minister Greg Hands downplays significance

The Independent UK

Protesters outside IMF, World Bank meeting venues demand urgent climate action

Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington D.C. on Thursday, expressing opposition to funding of fossil fuels and demanding urgent action to tackle climate change.

Reuters

Post-Covid headwinds hit the region

As the five economies in mainland Southeast Asia re-emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, their prospects for recovery and return to growth and development appear challenged, characterised by deteriorating balance of payments, fiscal weaknesses, currency depreciations, and rising inflation amidst global monetary tightening and recession risks.

Bangkok Post

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IMF chief rebukes UK officials over ‘policy coherence’

Kristalina Georgieva told UK’s finance minister and central bank chief that their policies should not be contradictory.

Al Jazeera

World Bank preparing to disburse another $530 million to Ukraine-Malpass

World Bank President David Malpass said on Thursday that the lender is preparing to disburse another $530 million to Ukraine by the end of October, financing enabled by guarantees from Britain and Denmark that brings total World Bank disbursements to the war-torn country to about $11 billion this year.

Reuters

‘Time may be running out’: global debt crisis reaches critical point

Eclipsed by rich countries’ own problems, a crunch a decade in the making is coming to a head

The Guardian - UK

Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns of US recession prior to meeting with G20 counterparts

Treasurer Jim Chalmers acknowledges the "deteriorating global economy and rising inflation" would put pressure on his upcoming budget, ruling out changes to legislated stage 3 tax cuts.

ABC News

China needs $17 trillion to meet climate goals

Climate change poses a significant threat to China, especially for its teeming, economically critical coastal cities.

Al Jazeera

FM Nirmala Sitharaman: Singapore, UAE To Accept RuPay Payment Mechanism

"We are talking to different countries. Singapore and UAE have all come forward now to make Rupay acceptable in their countries," Sitharaman said at the Brookings Institute think-tank during a fireside conversation with eminent economist Eshwar Prasad. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

World Bank defends climate record in meeting with NGOs

World Bank President David Malpass defended the institution's commitment to tackling climate change on Tuesday, telling civil society groups that have criticized his leadership on the issue that the bank is focused on global warming.

Reuters

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Climate and debt crises converge for half of the world's poorest

Countries home to half of the world's poorest people are facing a systemic debt crisis that will significantly diminish their ability to fight the impacts of climate change, a UN report warned on Tuesday.

The Hindu

World Bank extends unconditional loan of $250 million for SALT project in Andhra Pradesh

Media reports that the World Bank has imposed certain curbs to extend the financial assistance is baseless, says Special Chief Secretary (School Education)

Reuters

U.S., allies aim to continue hammering Russia over its 'egregious' war in Ukraine -officials

Western governments plan to ratchet up pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, underscoring continued support for Ukraine when finance officials from around the world gather in Washington this week, senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Axios

Larry Summers wants to spend trillions on climate

The former Treasury secretary is looking for the World Bank to increase its lending

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Sri Lanka to keep 'middle-income' status but seek concessional loans

Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country but request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations, the president's office said on Tuesday, clarifying a cabinet spokesperson's earlier comments on the matter.

Tribune News Service

IMF, World Bank warn of increasing risk of global recession

The heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank warned of a rising risk of a global recession as advanced economies slow and faster inflation forces the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates, adding to the debt pressures on developing nations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank's Malpass, IMF's Georgieva See Rising Risks of Global Recession

World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned on Monday of a growing risk of global recession and said inflation remained a continuing problem after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "There's a risk and real danger of a world recession next year," Malpass said in…

Al Jazeera

Is the US economy in a recession and taking the world with it?

The US is facing rising recession fears even as economic indicators point to mixed signals.

The Hindu

State to use ₹1,400-cr. World Bank aid to help Krishibhavans launch value-added products

There are 1,041 Krishibhavans in Kerala, and each of them will be empowered to look into strategies for developing and marketing products, says Minister

The Hindu

Nirmala Sitharaman U.S. visit | Slew of multilateral and bilateral parleys lined up

Sitharaman will hold meetings with major U.S. investors who are members of the USIBC and the US India Strategic Partnership Forum

The Conversation

Ghana and the IMF: debt restructuring must go hand-in-hand with managing finances better

Ghana is struggling with managing its debt, 20-year high inflation, a weak currency, and rising inequality. For example, inflation rose to 33.9% in August 2022 from 9.7% a year earlier, while the cedi has depreciated by 41% year-to-date against the US dollar. These vulnerabilities have been worsened by the aftershocks…

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