G20 summit LIVE: Leaders underline need to better developing nations' representation in decision-making of MDBs like World Bank, IMF

The White House on Saturday (November 22, 2025) said South Africa was refusing to facilitate a smooth transition of its presidency of the Group of 20 major economies to the U.S., after the G20 issued ...
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IMF highlights corruption risks across state institutions in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its long-awaited Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), has highlighted persistent corruption challenges in Pakistan driven by ...

Lebanon Open to Hear IMF on Law to Fix $80 Billion Financial Gap

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he’s open to input from the International Monetary Fund on a draft law seeking to ...
International Monetary Fund

IMF Executive Board Concludes the Fifteenth Periodic Monitoring Report on the Status of Management Implementation Plans in response to Board-Endorsed IEO Re…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Fifteenth Periodic Monitoring Report (PMR) on the ...

G20 Countries' Medium-Term Growth to Be Weakest Since 2009 Crisis, IMF Says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The world's 20 largest economies will grow by just 2.9% in 2030 amid headwinds from protectionism and ...

South Africa deploys 3,500 extra police officers and braces for protests around the G20 summit

South African authorities say they are planning for multiple protests by local and international activists around this ...
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Overhauling Egypt’s debt

New plans to bring Egypt’s public debt-to-GDP ratio down to 75 per cent and cut debt-servicing costs to seven per cent of GDP will help the country achieve fiscal resilience.