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IMF appoints Singaporean to CIO role

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Economic uncertainty, competitive threats and cost inflation cited as the biggest risks to business performance. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Shirin Hamid as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of the Information Technology Department (ITD). Hamid’s selection was the outcome of an internationally competitive process. Hamid, a Singaporean…

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Asian Development Bank highlights the importance of data

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Accurate data is indispensable for informed decisions and evidence-based policymaking. The economic transformation of developing countries in Asia over the past few generations has been well documented, wrote Yasuyuki Sawada and Elaine Tan, from the Asian Development Bank. According to Sawada — chief economist and director general, economic research and…

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