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Minister of Finance Dr.Ashni Singh met recently with several key international financial institutions in Washington DC to discuss ways in which these institutions can better serve the needs of Guyana and its regional neighbours.In photo (from left): Bahamas’ Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis, Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell,Wholesale Jerseys From China, St Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran, Guyana’s Finance Minister Ashni Singh, Jamaica’s Finance Minister Michael Phillips, and IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu.The Minister returned earlier this week after representing Guyana at the 2013 annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of IMF, and the World Bank, at the 2013 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, and at the 5th Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean.The meetings served as a platform for Minister Singh to draw attention to a number of critical issues that affect Guyana and the region.Among the issues raised are the special circumstances of the small states of the Caribbean and, in particular, the peculiar development challenges faced by the Region.He called on the international community, especially development partners like the international financial institutions, to take account of these circumstances in devising strategies to support the Region in achieving sustainable growth and development.The Minister called for the use of more innovative instruments to be designed and applied in support of the Region’s development efforts.During Minister Singh’s visit to the US capital, he met with several other key partners, including President of the Inter American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, and other prominent members of the international financial institutions based in that city. |
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