The International Monetary Fund asked Sri Lanka Tuesday to speed its debt restructuring and warned any delays could undermine efforts to overcome the country's worst economic crisis.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), have commenced arrangements to review the status of operations concerning the implementation of rules of origin under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised chief financial officers (CFOs) to be innovative in their dealing, especially as it relates to sustainable finance in the new normal.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has kicked against the call by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the Federal Government to reduce the country’s debt financing by increasing taxes to generate more revenue.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Caucus say strengthening social protection is key to Africa’s development.

Members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) and the labour movement have faulted International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) call on the Federal Government to reduce debt by increasing the tax basket and compliance as a means of generating revenue to cut borrowing.

Multiple economic shocks in recent years, amid a slow rise in per capita income in more than three decades, have put developing economies in real danger if urgent steps are not taken, the managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has warned.

The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning is expected to spend $53 million on hiring staffers, office administration, committee overheads and other logistics such as training and workshops out of the $800 million the Federal Government has secured from the World Bank...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Nigeria’s economy to grow at 3.2 per cent this year (holding on to its January projection) adding that growth will slow by 0.2 percentage points next year to three per cent as global inflation is expected to continue to decelerate.

On account of China's relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions and the better-than-expected performance of the advanced economies last quarter, the World Bank has reviewed its January’s 1.7 per cent growth to two per cent.

Central banks around the world should keep battling inflation by hiking interest rates despite ongoing concerns about financial stability, the head of the International Monetary Fund told AFP on Thursday.

As President Muhammadu Buhari approaches the end of his tenure, he as well as the incoming president cannot afford to disregard reports from credible international agencies that Nigeria faces existential threats to its survival from the growing poverty of the people.