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IMF sets up anti-corruption unit and ponders making governance a condition for lending

The international financial institution is considering incorporating governance and anti-corruption into the conditionality of its lending programmes and for first time in its history has set up an anti-corruption unit. [...]

Published on 08.03.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Africa
IMF sets up anti-corruption unit and ponders making governance a condition for lending

Central African Republic
Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice

Sudan
Al-Burhan's coup d'état comes at the worst time for Paris

Congo
New budget minister Andely picks task force to improve IMF relations