As the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their Annual Meetings from 13-18 October in Washington DC, persistent fears over global economic risks were tempered by relief...

After a year of sweeping macro-economic reforms – floating the birr, tightening budgets and adopting an interest-rate-based monetary policy – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has secured a...

A quarter of a century after Britain under Prime Minister Tony Blair led the charge against Zimbabawe President Robert Mugabe’s land resettlement plan, the two governments – both...

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube may be about to notch up the first tangible success for six years in his quest to restructure Zimbabwe’s US$21 billion debt – persuading...

Along with much of the rest of the world, the economic prospects for Africa have taken a serious hit due to the trade war launched by the United...

The end of Accra’s debt default tunnel is nigh. After signing a memorandum of understanding with the official creditor committee, Ghana is forecast to end the restructuring of...

Six months after IMF African Department Director Abebe Selassie suggested – during April’s joint IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings – that Africa’s economies could be at a turning point...

Officials tried valiantly to inject some optimism at the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank from 21-26 October in Washington DC amid growing concerns over global...

Hopeful promises emerging from the Kenya-hosted summit for the International Development Association, the World Bank's soft loan affiliate, on 29-30 April have to be set against wider cuts...