BRICS ask IMF to bridge financing gap in economic growth of developing nations

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivering the BRICS 2016 press statement, at the BRICS Summit-2016, in Goa on October 16, 2016.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivering the BRICS 2016 press statement, at the BRICS Summit-2016, in Goa on October 16, 2016.

GOA : BRICS nation have sought a strong quota-based and adequately resourced IMF to bridge the financing gap in infrastructure development to push economic growth in developing nations.

Highlighting the importance of public and private investments in infrastructure to ensure sustained long-term growth, the five nation grouping called for approaches to bridge the financing gap in infrastructure including through enhanced involvement of Multilateral Development Banks.

BRICS leaders strongly committed to support the coordinated effort by the emerging economies to ensure that the new quota formula will be finalised within the agreed time lines.

They said, this will ensure that the increased voice of the dynamic emerging and developing economies reflects their relative contributions to the world economy, while protecting the voices of least developed countries, poor countries and regions.

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