A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) in capital Male. The Maldives’ central bank has confirmed that locals have been appointed to the senior posts of all financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies, in the Maldives. Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) mandated last year June that all financial institutions must have Maldivians in top positions such as CEO […]
This is the eleventh issue of the Human Rights newsletter, Sallaa, produced by Transparency Maldives. View/ Download the newsletter here
The Assistant Governor of Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), Idham Hussain has been appointed as a board member to the seven-member board of the authority by the President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom on Thursday. Idham has been serving as the Assistant Governor of Monetary Policy, Research and Statistics from June 2016 onwards. She was […]
Executive Summary Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACA) can be powerful tools in combatting corruption. When they are independent of the Government and empowered to investigate corruption allegations, they have the potential to hold even the most powerful to account. As such, The United Nations Convention Against Corruption enjoins participant countries to establish independent bodies tasked exclusively with […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 16th August 2017. The following is a loose translation: During Dr Azeema Adam’s tenure as the governor of central bank of the Maldives – Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), it was marred by allegations directed at MMA. A 1.2 billion Rufiyaa embezzlement scandal inside the government […]