Once celebrated as a commercial hub of the Eastern Mediterranean, a center of finance, education, tourism, and cultural life, Lebanon has instead become a ...

The IAEA and the World Bank Group – along with other international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) – have taken an important step forward in shifting their ...

Investors are not abandoning dollars so much as they are abandoning fiat currency in favor of gold. Gold is rising as a share ...

On January 20, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV Consultation with ...

IMF plans a staff mission to Gabon in February, with no formal program request filed. Authorities say they intend to work toward IMF support after recent government changes. Rising debt and tighter ...

Nigeria’s 2026 GDP projected at 4.4% growth, despite vast resources and population. Stability is improving (inflation easing, FX more stable), but growth remains insufficient for poverty reduction or ...

State Department freezes visa processing for 75+ countries including Somalia, Iran, Russia as $685 billion in remittances ...

China’s five-year plans promote the symbiotic development of technology and institutions. Since 1953, China’s five-year plans ...

In a January update, CrossBorder Capital predicted the Asian crisis could reach $1 trillion, or 10-15% of regional GDP. It ...

‎Ethiopia is not so desperate as to be focused only on its immediate existence. The country has reached a stage in its ...

According to the 18-page document, within the next ten years the EU, the US and international financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund undertake to spend at l ...

Ethiopia's central bank, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), has recorded losses equivalent to $2.6 billion following the country's shift from a fixed to a market-based foreign exchange regime in ...