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MEFMI Scores a First with Private Capital Monitoring System
As part of its capacity building initiative in statistical systems on private capital (PC), the MEFMI Secretariat has developed state of the art software - Private Capital Monitoring System (MEFMI-PCMS). The software which was officially handed over to the Secretariat by the system developer on 11 November 2011 is the first of its kind in the Africa region. The hand-over marked the end of a five year software development process, a journey the Institute started in 2007.
 
Financial Programming and Policy Training
Officials from the MEFMI region were in Nairobi, Kenya from 22 August to 2 September to receive training on financial programming. The course which was attended by 23 officials from eleven MEFMI countries was officially opened by Dr Edward Sambili, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of State Planning and Vision 2030 Kenya.
 
After the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons and Developments

By Mrs Sipho Makamba


It is now four years since the onset of the worst financial and economic crisis and the Great Depression. The crisis was an extraordinarily complex event with multiple causes. Weaknesses in the risk management practices of many financial firms, together with insufficient buffers of capital and liquidity, were clearly an important factor. The global economy and financial sector have now largely stabilised. The challenge remains, however, for global regulators to ensure that the drive to reform regulatory policies and practices is maintained. While the economies and financial sectors of many MEFMI members were not directly affected by first round effects of the crisis, the country supervisors must also take a hard look at the experience of the past few years and correct identified shortcomings in line with developments on the international arena.

 
Country Teams Present MTDS Results at MEFMI Workshop
Following the HIPC debt relief period, in the mid 2000s the MEFMI member countries that received the full debt relief through the MDRI saw their debt levels decline tremendously.  Many of these MEFMI countries were left with a lot of fiscal space hence many felt that there was now room for borrowing, consequently, opportunities for financing from non-traditional creditors offering both concessional and semi-concessional lending terms arose. These coupled with the desire for many countries to develop their economies and reach the MDGs by 2015 led to the debt levels in many MEFMI countries beginning to again.
 
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MEFMI Prospectus
ISSUE 1- January 2011
 

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