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Sri Mulyani Indrawati Says Tax Reform Will Benefit Indonesia
Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says extra revenue generated by recent tax reform will be used to bolster businesses and the public hit by Covid. Speaking to Bloomberg's Eric Martin, she adds the country will be...
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Infrastructure Funding in Asia
Oct. 17 -- Joaquim Levy, managing director and chief financial officer at World Bank Group, discusses the lack of bankable infrastructure projects, the projects the World Bank is coming up with and his outlook for the sector. He speaks...
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HONG KONG: WORLD BANK/IMF ANNUAL SUMMIT: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Hong Kong, China, Tibet, Laos, Vietnam, Kuching, Malaysia/ Calcutta, India - 21 & 24 September 1997 and file
Kuching, Malaysia - 21 September
1. Smog-filled road scene with cars
2. Pans smog-covered countryside
Mekong Delta,...
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Valeant Gets Default Notice From Creditors
April 13 -- Less than a week after getting a waiver from its most senior lenders Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. is now facing pressure from its bondholders to file its delayed financials. Valeant said Tuesday it received a...
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UK PM Brown addresses world forum on markets, climate change
1. Wide of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on stage with official, at a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister:
"I think we should be less protectionist in out attitude to...
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Protestors rally outside IMF, World Bank meetings
HEADLINE: Protestors rally outside IMF, World Bank meetings
CAPTION: IMF policy markers say finance ministers and central bankers should keep close watch to ensure the smooth working of financial markets jarred by the global credit...
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Sri Lanka Market Offers Very Good Value, Says Colombo Stock Exchange CEO
May.20 -- Indrajit Coomaraswamy, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and Rajeeva Bandaranaike, chief executive officer at Colombo Stock Exchange, discuss the cost of the Easter Sunday terror attack, foreign investment in the...
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Ukraine Raises $277 Million From War Bonds Sale
Ukraine raised the equivalent of about $277 million from a sale of war bonds, and plans to tap international interest with more debt sales. The nation also settled about $300 million in coupon payments due today. Yuri Butsa, Ukraine's...
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Closing day of IMF/ World Bank meetings
1. Closing session of IMF and World Bank meetings
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rodrigo de Rato, managing director International Monetary Fund:
"The turbulence in the credit markets is a warning that we cannot take the benign economic...
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IMF''s Lagarde and World Bank''s Zoellick hold media conference
1. Pan right of panel entering venue for news conference of the policy-setting committees of the 187-nation International Monetary Fund (IMF), and its sister lending institution, the World Bank
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rober Zoellick,...
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BOSNIA: WORLD BANK AID PROJECT: 1ST CONSIGNMENT OF MILK COWS ARRIVE
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The first consignment of more than 600 milk cows has arrived in Sarajevo as part of a World Bank aid project to revitalise Bosnian agriculture.
Altogether, more than three-thousand cattle will be imported to Bosnia...
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CLEAN : World Banks Kim calls for end to poverty
CLEAN : World Banks Kim calls for end to poverty
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AllianceBernstein Sees Recovery in Mining Industry
Aug.06 -- AllianceBernstein Chairman Robert Zoellick discusses the state of the mining industry and talks about the global economy. He speaks from the "Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum" in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on "Bloomberg Markets."
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World Bank's Malpass on Vaccine Distribution, Debt Relief
Apr.07 -- World Bank President David Malpass discusses the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in developing nations and says finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations are supportive of extending debt relief for the world’s poorest...
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Amundi's Blanque Sees Excess Liquidity in Markets, Says Recession Risks Are Overdone
Oct.17 -- Pascal Blanque, Amundi global chief investment officer, discusses the state of global financial markets with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at the 2019 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.
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What the Coronavirus Outbreak Means for Pandemic Bonds
Feb.26 -- Olga Jonas, Harvard Global Health Institute senior fellow, discusses the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the World Bank's pandemic bonds with Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick, Scarlet Fu and Joe Weisenthal on "Bloomberg...
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IMF And World Bank Reconsidering Meetings Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Meetings for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank may be scaled back or held virtually to reduce the potential spread of coronavirus.
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It's Pretty Easy to Get World Leaders on the Phone, Says Malpass
Mar.10 -- World Bank President David Malpass talks about his relationship with world leaders. He appears on the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations." The interview was recorded Jan. 25, 2021.
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Bank urges donor nations to speed up delivery of cash pledged to poor countries
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Agustin Carstens, Mexican Finance Minister:
"The Financial crisis is turning into a human and development calamity, many people have already been driven into absolute poverty. In this...
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Georgetown University's Devarajan on Sri Lanka
Shanta Devarajan, Professor at Georgetown University, discusses the latest developments on Sri Lanka's economic crisis. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia".
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IMF chief and World Bank head on Euro crisis, efforts for global growth
1. Mid of World Bank President Dr Jim Kim sitting down at news conference
2. Cutaway of officials listening
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Jim Kim, World Bank President:
"Every single one of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South...
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USA: WASHINGTON: ROBERT RUBIN IMF FUNDING PRESS CONFERENCE
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U-S Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin says strong funding of the International Monetary Fund is critical for Asia's economic turnaround.
Speaking in Washington on Tuesday, Rubin urged the U-S Congress to approve funding...