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November 6, 2024
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49:18
Professor Branko Milanović, and African Department Director, Abebe Aemro Selassie, discuss practical strategies that African policymakers can employ to effectively address and reduce inequality—and how the IMF can support them in these efforts.
October 25, 2024
154 Views
02:50
The economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa is slowly improving, with growth projected to rise from 3.6% in 2024 to 4.2% in 2025. IMF African Department Director Abebe Aemro Selassie presents our analysis in the latest Regional Economic Outlook.
September 9, 2024
650 Views
59:02
In this episode of Africa Perspectieves, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, co-founder and board chair at Afrobarometer, and Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, discussed the pressing issues facing democracy in Africa.
July 29, 2024
2422 Views
01:25
To support Ethiopia's Homegrown Economic Reform Agenda that aims to stimulate private investment and jobs, the IMF Board approved a 4-year $3.4bn program to help address economic challenges, strengthen growth, and resume rising living standards.
March 12, 2024
2467 Views
1:31:01
This year’s Forum will discuss how to set fiscal targets and determine the pace and composition of the potential adjustment depending on countries’ specific circumstances.
January 24, 2024
85 Views
1:00:06
A conversation between Masood Ahmed, President of the Center for Global Development, and the IMF’s African Department Director, Abebe Aemro Selassie, exploring the development and debt in Africa.
December 19, 2023
601 Views
03:26
Executive Boards of IMF and the World Bank’s International Development Association have approved the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative Completion Point for Somalia, which provides total debt service savings for the country of $4.5 billion.
July 20, 2023
688 Views
1:06:15
A conversation between Atif Mian, Professor of Economics, Public Policy, and Finance at Princeton University and the IMF’s African Department Director, Abebe Aemro Selassie, exploring the nexus between finance and macroeconomics in Africa.
May 31, 2023
448 Views
52:43
A conversation on the political economy of reforms in Africa.
May 18, 2023
7650 Views
1:00:42
A live press conference on Ghana and the IMF.
May 5, 2023
130 Views
1:12:03
Launch event for new IMF paper which highlights the potential benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area for the continent, and the policies and reforms needed to achieve them.
April 24, 2023
1054 Views
03:53
Through its Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), the IMF plays an increasingly important role in helping countries with limited room in their budget address long-term challenges, including climate change.
April 14, 2023
1383 Views
44:39
IMF African Department Director Abebe Aemro Selassie presents the latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa on “The Big Funding Squeeze” and answers questions from the press.
1004 Views
01:37
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline to 3.6% this year, the second consecutive year of decline in the region’s growth. Abebe Aemro Selassie presents the analysis in the IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook.
April 13, 2023
90 Views
1:31:43
How can Multilateral Development Banks Accelerate Financial Support for Climate Action in African Countries
April 12, 2023
666 Views
14:06
Opening Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, April 12, 2023
March 14, 2023
425 Views
59:37
IMF’s Abebe Aemro Selassie and Georgetown’s Ken Opalo delve into the political economy of economic reform in Africa, and attempt to identify lessons to help design, adopt, and implement successful policy reforms.
February 7, 2023
1642 Views
55:32
A conversation on how sub-Saharan Africa can promote climate-resilient and green development. African Department director Abebe Aemro Selassie hosts the premiere episode of Africa Perspectives.
December 12, 2022
233 Views
58:43
Joint press conference at the conclusion of IMF Mission to Ghana (December 1-13).
November 1, 2022
193 Views
55:10
A presentation and discussion of the October 2022 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa.
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