4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangements Research Seminar Discusses Financial Sector Post-COVID-19

The 4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Research Seminar takes place on 16-17 December 2020 in a virtual format amidst the unprecedented circumstances. The discussions focus on emerging global and regional financial stability risks due to the pandemic, and policy options to build a more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive financial landscape in a post-COVID-19 environment.

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The 4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangement (RFA) Research Seminar

The 4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangement (RFA) Research Seminar co-organized by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR), will be held on December 16 and 17, 2019 virtually.

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The Managing Director of the IMF and the Heads of the RFAs to Strengthen Cooperation to Support their Members During the Next Stages of the COVID-19 Crisis

SINGAPORE, October 13, 2020 – In the context of the fifth High-level RFA Dialogue, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) discussed today ways to strengthen cooperation…

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Joint Statement of the Fifth High-Level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFA) Dialogue (Virtual, October 13, 2020)

The fifth High-Level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Dialogue took place virtually on 13 October 2020 at a time when the international community continues to suffer from the extraordinary human and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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AMRO Director Toshinori Doi Speaks with IMF and RFAs on Collaborating In Times of Crises

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva; the Director-General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund, Mr. Abdulrahman Al Hamidy; Director of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), Mr. Toshinori Doi; the Managing Director of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), Mr. Andrey Shirokov; the Deputy Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission (EC), Mr. Declan Costello; the Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism, Mr. Klaus Regling; the Executive President of Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR), Mr. José Darío Uribe; and the co-chair of the G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group (G20 IFA WG), Mr. Guillaume Chabert, held a teleconference and reported on efforts taken by their institutions to forcefully address the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the global economy

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The Managing Director of the IMF and the Heads of the RFAs Emphasize Their Readiness to Cooperate to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Economy

Stressing the urgent need for combined, multilateral efforts to face the extraordinary human and economic crisis caused by the pandemic, the heads issue the following statement

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Regional Financing Arrangements Pledge to Strengthen Ties with IMF at Fourth High-Level Dialogue

Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) from across the world held their fourth Annual High-level Dialogue today to exchange views on policy issues related to strengthening the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN).

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