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IMF extends bilateral borrowing arrangements through 2023

Reuters The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday its board approved a new three-year framework for bilateral borrowing agreements,...

Eric Hal Schwartz, Voicebot.ai The Estonian government has created an AI-powered chatbot named Suve to answer questions about the novel...

World Bank Developing economies in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), recovering from trade tensions and struggling with COVID-19, now face...

British Foreign Policy Group Whilst the World Health Organisation has been issuing guidance to nations on how best to respond to the...

Josep Borrell, Project Syndicate The world initially met the COVID-19 crisis in an uncoordinated fashion, with too many countries...

Lisa Cornish, Devex Since the beginning of 2020, more than $4.6 trillion has been pledged by governments, bilateral donors, multilateral...

Michael Kugelman, Foreign Policy On March 13, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about convening with the members of the South...

Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal and Mark Sobel, Center for Strategic & International Studies Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20)...

OECD Updates Efforts to contain virus and save lives should be intensified, and governments should plan stronger, more coordinated...

Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, international cooperation has been missing...

Greg Earl, The Interpreter by Lowy Institute Australia and Singapore have signed a new bilateral agreement on digital trade via an online...

Mac Margolis, Buenos Aires Times Shutting down is part of the new global normal. The danger in Latin America is that such sweeping...

Newsroom, Modern Diplomacy The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched a new platform on Monday to help global networks...

Paul Mason, NewStateman As the COVID-19 pandemic strikes the nations of the world with force, the damage is being viewed mainly through...

Wei, Shyy. World Economic Forum. Innovators and university research teams around the world are working on ways to contain coronavirus,...

Aaron Reich, Jerusalem Post An Italian engineering company improvises easy-breathe scuba mask ventilators during times of dwindling...

Thomas Daniel, New Straits Times Predictably, the virus has begun to exacerbate cracks in the existing international multilateral system...

Martin Sandbu, Financial Times Financial Times economics commentator Martin Sandbu analyses the emergency fiscal and monetary measures...

Leontina Postelnicu, MobiHealth News The coronavirus pandemic is opening up new opportunities for health and tech, but it is also...

Bansari Kamdar, The Diplomat SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has been reactivated as South Asia braces for the...