Posts Tagged ‘IMF’

Microfinance Focus, July 18, 2010: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as Trustee of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT), has recently signed a borrowing agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Finance representing the Kingdom of Norway. Through the agreement Norway will provide the PRGT with up to SDR 300 million (about US$448.8 million) in new loan resources for low-income countries. The resources will be split between the ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, May 28, 2010: On his two day visit to Lima, the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mr. Strauss-Kahn, discussed the outlook of the Latin American region in a roundtable with Minister Mercedes Aráoz, and the finance ministers of Bolivia, Luis Arce, of Mexico, Ernesto Cordero, and of Uruguay, Fernando Lorenzo. “The global economic crisis demonstrates how Latin America has turned a ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Oct.8, 2009: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched the “Access to Finance Project,” aimed at collecting annual geographic and demographic data on access to basic consumer financial services worldwide. The aim of the project is development of high-quality, cross-country data for policy makers and researchers, ... Full story