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BS Views of the Week: Looking beyond net-zero, and making NMP a success
From the crucial ingredient missing in global climate talks to how the National Monetisation Pipeline venture can succeed, here's what Business Standard columnists and editorials had to say this week
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Emerging market 'cryptoization' threatens financial stability: IMF
The IMF said that unsound macroeconomic policies and inefficient payment systems are among the drivers of cryptocurrency adoption in emerging economies
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A coup attempt at the IMF
The efforts now underway to remove Kristalina Georgieva are not only unjust, but could hamstring the Fund's management for years to come
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IMF's Georgieva accuses former World Bank Prez Kim's office of manipulation
Georgieva said her effort to prevent Hong Kong data from being added to China's Doing Business ranking demonstrated her concern for preserving the integrity of World Bank data.
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IMF board gets initial briefing on Georgieva role in China rigging scandal
The board agreed to meet again soon for further discussions, an IMF spokesperson said, but gave no specific date.
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IMF chief accused of influencing ease of business report in China's favour
Kristalina Georgieva denies she had applied pressure on staff of World Bank, when she worked there, to boost China's ranking in the report.
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IMF suspends its engagement with Afghanistan until clarity on Taliban govt
The IMF has said its engagement with Afghanistan will remain suspended until there is clarity within the international community on the recognition of the government led by the Taliban.
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Down the pipeline: India's struggle with asset monetisation
Govt plan to raise Rs 6 trillion by offering roads, railway stations, airports and other assets could be hard to achieve
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International Monetary Fund hikes SDR allocation to India
SDR is an alternate reserve currency floated by the IMF
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IMF blocks Afghanistan's access to emergency reserves worth $460 mn
IMF has announced to block Afghanistan's access to the emergency reserve worth $460 mn as the Taliban's control over the country has drawn uncertainty for the country's future, media report said
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Growth optimism: Will govt's own investment and exports be enough?
A step jump in medium-term growth rates, of the kind projected, needs all four engines of the economy to be firing. But the govt seems to have bet on just two, writes T N Ninan
IMF board approves policy reforms to support recovery of low-income nations
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a set of policy reforms to the concessional lending facilities to better support the recovery of low-income countries from Covid-19
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IMF to keep 2021 global growth forecast at 6%: Managing Director
Georgieva, speaking at an online event sponsored by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that economic recovery will be held back unless the pace of Covid-19 vaccination picks up
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IMF calls for urgent action to address worsening 'two-track' recovery
As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors are set to gather later this week, the International Monetary Fund called for urgent action to address a worsening 'two-track' recovery
Unequal access to vaccines skews global recovery: IMF chief economist
Right now what we are seeing is highly unequal access to vaccinations, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath
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IMF proposes setting up of an international carbon price floor
The IMF chief noted that a carbon price floor arrangement does not mean carbon taxes per se.
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G7 eyes allocating $100 bn from IMF funds to Covid-ravaged nations: US
The issue will be on the table when G7 leaders discuss how to help steer the world's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic at a three-day summit in Cornwall, England, which began on Friday
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Sam Pitroda's leap of faith
Book review of Redesign the World: A Global Call to Action
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IMF says it's ready to scale up collaboration with India during pandemic
The International Monetary Fund stands ready to strengthen its dialogue and scale-up its technical collaboration with India, spokesperson Gerry Rice has said
How Covid crisis exhausted what Mr Modi had in plenty all these years
The three things that derailed the economy in the past - war, drought and oil - were mostly absent during his regime, but with the Covid crisis Mr Modi's luck seems to have run out, writes T N Ninan
