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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 achieving the United Nations Sustainable…
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 training for a better understanding…
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 Sustainable Development Goals, the need…
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 ratings in the past two…
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 Sustainable Development Goals, the need…
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 to make meaningful progress toward…
Reforming the Global Financial Architecture for Inclusive Development
Reforming the global financial architecture is not just important for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and narrowing the economic…
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 Sustainable Development Goals, the need…
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 and investing in their people.…
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 External Evaluation of the Independent…
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 Development Goals deadline, African countries…
Making IDA21 Work for Africa
A successful replenishment of IDA requires individual and collective efforts from the World Bank Group, donors and borrowing countries, and…