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Global Leaders Call for Bretton Woods Reform to Meet 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

New York City 24th September- As the world inches closer to 2030, a deadline for...
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East African Government Officials Push for Improved Credit Rating Processes and regional Cooperation at UNDP and AfriCatalyst Workshop

Government officials and stakeholders from the East African region have advocated for increased collaboration and...
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How can African countries navigate credit ratings processes-In conversation with Raymond Gilpin

With Africa requiring an additional $1.3 trillion per year to make meaningful progress toward the...
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Lessons for African Nations from Kenya’s Recent CRA Downgrades: Insights by our CEO Daouda Sembene

Recent developments of the Big 3 credit rating agencies; Moody’s Fitch and S&P downgrading Kenya’s...
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East African regional workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

With Africa requiring an additional $1.3 trillion per year to make meaningful progress toward the...
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UNDP Africa and AfriCatalyst host regional workshop on enhancing credit ratings for development in Africa

Addis Ababa, 3 August 2024 -- With Africa requiring an additional $1.3 trillion per year...
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Reforming the Global Financial Architecture for Inclusive Development

Reforming the global financial architecture is not just important for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals...
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East African regional workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

With Africa requiring an additional $1.3 trillion per year to make meaningful progress toward the...
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Why Strengthening sovereign credit ratings is a collective responsibility

Expensive debt threatens to undermine Africa’s development prospects, forcing manygovernments to decide between servicing debt...
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IMF Executive Board Considers External Evaluation of the Independent Evaluation Office

On July 15, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed the fourth...
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UNDP and AfriCatalyst host capacity building workshop in Tanzania to support ongoing efforts to secure fairer credit ratings

Dodoma, Tanzania, 10 July 2024 – With only eight years remaining to meet the 2030 Sustainable...
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Making IDA21 Work for Africa

A successful replenishment of IDA requires individual and collective efforts from the World Bank Group,...

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