Xinhua world economic news summary at 0900 GMT, Jan. 12
ISLAMABAD -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of Pakistan's economic reform program supported by the IMF's Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), allowing for an immediate disbursement of about 700 million U.S. dollars, the IMF said Thursday.
Following the Board's decision, the total disbursements under the arrangement get to around 1.9 billion U.S. dollars, the IMF sa