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Opinion & Features

The World Bank needs to refocus on poverty

What the meetings between the IMF and World Bank have consistently failed to deliver is clear, coordinated political will to address economic challenges, says the writer.
Opinion & Features

Little reassurance from IMF-World Bank meetings

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, speaking during a panel at the IMF headquarters on Oct 16, said there is an opportunity for Asian countries to reconfigure trade links.
Global Enterprise

Countries can build new trade links, resilience amid US tariffs and unpredictability: President Tharman

Finance leaders including IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva, warn debt risks remain high and urge better information sharing to speed up future restructurings.
Global Enterprise

G20 pushes to revamp slow debt-relief framework as borrowing costs surge

Global officials warn that America’s data blackout could hinder policymaking and raise error risks as countries adapt to Trump’s global trade overhaul.
Global Enterprise

Data darkness in US spreads a global shadow

The two most likely 2030 outcomes are the “Resilient World” and “Time of Troubles” scenarios.
Opinion & Features

What will the global economy look like in 2030?

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during a curtain raiser speech ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Fall meetings at The Milken Institute in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The head of the International Monetary Fund said the global economy showed resilience to an initial wave of trade disruptions, but she warned against complacency because financial markets and growth can sour quickly without prudent policies. Photographer: Arwen Clemans/Bloomberg
Opinion & Features

IMF warns investors to fasten their seat belts

Analysts expect Beijing to roll out more stimulus to fend off a sharp slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy and support the government’s annual growth target of “around 5%”.
Global Enterprise

World Bank lifts China 2025 GDP forecast to 4.8% ahead of a slowdown next year

“The employment rate is generally high, but the young struggle to find jobs,” the World Bank said.
Global Enterprise

Asia’s youth struggle to find good jobs, World Bank warns

Minister for Law Edwin Tong and ICSID secretary-general Martina Polasek at Singapore Convention Week 2025 signing the Letter of Intent to establish an ICSID office in Singapore.
Singapore

International investment dispute body to open branch in Singapore

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