Simone Rensch

Freelancer journalist and former Public Finance international reporter

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Brussels provides emergency aid to Venezuela

The European Commission has announced £35.1m in emergency aid to help thousands of people affected... Read more
ADB invests $1bn in Pacific green energy

The Asian Development Bank will provide more than $1bn to Pacific countries to help them prepare... Read more
Education project will bring together world’s teachers

A new £9.8m project to improve education by bringing together teachers from around the world has... Read more
World Bank admits that growth alone will not end poverty

Global economic growth alone is not enough to end extreme poverty in some parts of the world, the... Read more
Decentralise spending to boost gender equality, says expert

Gender budgeting decisions should not be left to finance ministries alone but taken by local... Read more
IMF urges Thailand to deepen reforms

Thailand must implement structural reforms to achieve “broad-based” economic recovery, the... Read more
Use aid to boost plastic recycling, says OECD

Countries are being advised to use official development assistance to support waste-collection... Read more
Barbados calls on IMF to back debt rescue plan

The new government of Barbados has launched emergency plans to deal with the country’s economic... Read more
Kenyan officials to take lie-detector tests

Kenyan government procurement and accounting chiefs have been told to stop working in order to take... Read more
Target aid solely on world’s poor, say UK politicians

UK official development assistance should be more focused on helping the world’s poorest people,... Read more

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