Although great strides have been made in tackling HIV in recent years, Africa remains the continent most affected by HIV and progress towards ending AIDS is stalling. The COVID-19 pandemic, global inflation, growing debt levels, and a retreat from overseas development assistance by some donors are hampering Africa’s efforts to ramp up national HIV responses and are
Jin Liqun, a prominent participant in the recent World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings, used a powerful analogy at the gathering to stress the challenges of securing funding to fight climate change.
From the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund Spring meetings in Washington, Sitharaman shared her views on India’s economic challenges, the lack of jobs, the Adani-Hindenberg saga and the government’s weak progress on privatization. Below are edited excerpts and the video conversation.
Musing after the recent IMF/World Bank meetings, Former White house economist and US Treasury secretary Larry Summers said “it’s looking a bit lonely on the right side of history..as others are increasingly banding together in a whole range of structures.”