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9 Oct 19
India has received for the first time data about Swiss bank accounts held by its residents in a major breakthrough in the country’s war against black money.
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8 Oct 19
The New Zealand government has been accused of failing to fix its rental market to focus on its now-abandoned mass housebuilding project.
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4 Oct 19
Indonesia should look to its cities to drive prosperity, the World Bank has argued, saying urbanisation will help it become a high-income country.
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30 Sep 19
Health and education spending “will be key” to unlocking the productive potential of Sri Lanka, according to the World Bank.
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30 Sep 19
India’s economy is growing more slowly than expected this year but is still one of the fastest in the world, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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26 Sep 19
The trade war with the US is expected to slow economic growth in China this year, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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17 Sep 19
Anti-corruption efforts in Indonesia could be damaged by a change in the law passed by the parliament in the Southeast Asian country today, activists have claimed.
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10 Sep 19
Action to fight climate change could yield economic benefits for countries in the Asia-Pacific region, a conference was told.
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9 Sep 19
Japan’s economy has grown more slowly in the last quarter than initial figures suggested, according to the Cabinet Office, which has downgraded its estimates.
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9 Sep 19
Reform of property taxation would be the most effective way of boosting growth and tackling inequality in Cambodia, new research has found.
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2 Sep 19
Climate change represents an “immediate emergency” to development and stability in ‘atoll nations’ and their economies, the president of the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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27 Aug 19
US president Donald Trump has called on American companies to “start looking for an alternative” to working in China or with Chinese businesses, as the trade war shows no sign of stopping.
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22 Aug 19
India’s former finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was arrested late last night in relation to corruption and money laundering allegations.
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16 Aug 19
Japan plans to spend 100bn yen on futuristic ‘moonshot’ research projects, like cyborg technology and artificial human hibernation.
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15 Aug 19
Laos’ economic growth is recovering from a setback caused by last year’s floods, according to the World Bank.
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13 Aug 19
Singapore has cut its growth forecast for 2019 following a downturn in its economy in the second quarter of this year.
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12 Aug 19
New Zealand and Switzerland have made a deal they hope will make it harder for multinational companies to dodge paying tax.
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12 Aug 19
Japan’s economy has been growing faster than expected despite slowing global demand because of trade tensions.
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9 Aug 19
Pakistan’s efforts to boost its exports in order to protect the economy against external shocks are being supported by a $500m loan from the Asian Development Bank.
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6 Aug 19
Singapore and the UK have begun working together to improve the design and delivery of digital public services, the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office revealed today.
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6 Aug 19
South Korean president Moon Jae-in has said the country’s economy could overtake Japan’s, citing co-operation with North Korea as a potential driver.
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5 Aug 19
South Asia can sustain strong growth but it must not rest on its laurels, warns the Asian Development Bank’s Lei Lei Song.
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5 Aug 19
The Asian Development Bank has set up a new financing mechanism to provide countries with money quickly following natural disasters.
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1 Aug 19
A Chinese billionaire allegedly avoided paying $1.8bn in ‘anti-dumping duties’ on aluminium brought into the US.
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31 Jul 19
Papua New Guinea should look to agriculture to strengthen growth as the economy recovers from a series of external shocks, the World Bank has said.
9 Oct 19India has received for the first time data about Swiss bank accounts held by its residents in a major breakthrough in the country’s war against black money.
8 Oct 19The New Zealand government has been accused of failing to fix its rental market to focus on its now-abandoned mass housebuilding project.
4 Oct 19Indonesia should look to its cities to drive prosperity, the World Bank has argued, saying urbanisation will help it become a high-income country.
30 Sep 19Health and education spending “will be key” to unlocking the productive potential of Sri Lanka, according to the World Bank.
26 Sep 19The trade war with the US is expected to slow economic growth in China this year, the Asian Development Bank has said.
17 Sep 19Anti-corruption efforts in Indonesia could be damaged by a change in the law passed by the parliament in the Southeast Asian country today, activists have claimed.
10 Sep 19Action to fight climate change could yield economic benefits for countries in the Asia-Pacific region, a conference was told.
9 Sep 19Japan’s economy has grown more slowly in the last quarter than initial figures suggested, according to the Cabinet Office, which has downgraded its estimates.
9 Sep 19Reform of property taxation would be the most effective way of boosting growth and tackling inequality in Cambodia, new research has found.
2 Sep 19Climate change represents an “immediate emergency” to development and stability in ‘atoll nations’ and their economies, the president of the Asian Development Bank has warned.
27 Aug 19US president Donald Trump has called on American companies to “start looking for an alternative” to working in China or with Chinese businesses, as the trade war shows no sign of stopping.
16 Aug 19Japan plans to spend 100bn yen on futuristic ‘moonshot’ research projects, like cyborg technology and artificial human hibernation.
15 Aug 19Laos’ economic growth is recovering from a setback caused by last year’s floods, according to the World Bank.
13 Aug 19Singapore has cut its growth forecast for 2019 following a downturn in its economy in the second quarter of this year.
12 Aug 19New Zealand and Switzerland have made a deal they hope will make it harder for multinational companies to dodge paying tax.
9 Aug 19Pakistan’s efforts to boost its exports in order to protect the economy against external shocks are being supported by a $500m loan from the Asian Development Bank.
6 Aug 19South Korean president Moon Jae-in has said the country’s economy could overtake Japan’s, citing co-operation with North Korea as a potential driver.
5 Aug 19South Asia can sustain strong growth but it must not rest on its laurels, warns the Asian Development Bank’s Lei Lei Song.
5 Aug 19The Asian Development Bank has set up a new financing mechanism to provide countries with money quickly following natural disasters.
1 Aug 19A Chinese billionaire allegedly avoided paying $1.8bn in ‘anti-dumping duties’ on aluminium brought into the US.
31 Jul 19Papua New Guinea should look to agriculture to strengthen growth as the economy recovers from a series of external shocks, the World Bank has said.
