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17 Oct 17
Financing to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Pacific will more than double to over $500m between 2017 and 2020, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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13 Oct 17
The government of Vanuatu and the Asian Development Bank have struck a $15.1m agreement for renewable energy.
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13 Oct 17
New Zealand has delivered a third fiscal surplus, worth NZ$4.1bn (£2.22bn), but this “should be interpreted with caution”, the country’s finance minister has said.
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11 Oct 17
Southeast Asian nation Timor-Leste needs to make its public spending more efficient as its oil resources are expected to run out in a few years, the IMF has advised.
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11 Oct 17
Cambodia’s public finance management system has been “substantially strengthened” at a central level, the World Bank has reportedly said.
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2 Oct 17
The Asian Development Bank plans to up its annual lending to India to $4bn in an effort to accelerate the country’s economic transformation towards upper middle-income status.
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2 Oct 17
The Asian Development Bank has approved financing of up to $900m to upgrade Sri Lanka’s road network, as well as a $50m loan to fund solar power generation systems.
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29 Sep 17
Japan’s government needs to set a new timeframe to achieve its budget-balancing goal, currently set for the fiscal year 2020/21, finance minister Taro Aso has said.
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28 Sep 17
Thailand’s ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail over mishandling a rice subsidy scheme which reportedly cost the country at least $8bn.
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28 Sep 17
Mongolia’s recovering economy grew by 5.3% in the first half of this year, compared to a 1.2% growth rate recorded in 2016, the Asian Development Bank said this week.
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27 Sep 17
Australia’s final budget deficit of the last financial year dropped below 2% of GDP to A$33.2bn, down more than A$4bn from the forecast in the 2017-18 budget.
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26 Sep 17
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court today, as trial proceedings begin following a corruption probe.
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25 Sep 17
China’s new accounting rules – the basic principles – introduce an accruals system and allow performance to be compared throughout the public sector
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22 Sep 17
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded China’s credit rating due rising debt, which has exposed the country to increased economic and financial risk.
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22 Sep 17
The Asian Development Bank has approved two loans, totalling $1.1bn, to strengthen Indonesia’s energy sector and promote growth and development.
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20 Sep 17
The Bangladesh government and the Asian Development Bank signed a $200m loan agreement yesterday, to strengthen urban infrastructure, service delivery, and management in Bangladesh’s...
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19 Sep 17
The United Nations Population Fund is seeking $13m to provide reproductive health care and prevention against gender-based violence to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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18 Sep 17
India has started building its new bullet train line, largely funded by a 0.1% interest loan from Japan.
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13 Sep 17
The European Commission has announced it is sending €3m in humanitarian aid to Bangladesh and Myanmar to help Rohingya refugees.
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11 Sep 17
A former finance minister has branded the Indian government’s surprise move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation overnight to weed out so-called ‘black money’ a...
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4 Sep 17
The UK has allocated £400,000 to flood relief work in Nepal, in addition to the £660,000 already given to NGOs in badly flooded Bangladesh.
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1 Sep 17
The UK will work quickly after Brexit to establish a new economic partnership with Japan based on the final terms of the deal being negotiated between Japan and the European Union.
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29 Aug 17
A debate has been sparked in Malaysia over how the country measures its gross domestic product (GDP).
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29 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed the creation of national green financing vehicles to promote environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructure investments.
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25 Aug 17
Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has received recommendations from the country’s budget committee aimed at improving the draft bill on accountability of the state budget.
17 Oct 17Financing to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Pacific will more than double to over $500m between 2017 and 2020, the Asian Development Bank has said.
13 Oct 17The government of Vanuatu and the Asian Development Bank have struck a $15.1m agreement for renewable energy.
13 Oct 17New Zealand has delivered a third fiscal surplus, worth NZ$4.1bn (£2.22bn), but this “should be interpreted with caution”, the country’s finance minister has said.
11 Oct 17Southeast Asian nation Timor-Leste needs to make its public spending more efficient as its oil resources are expected to run out in a few years, the IMF has advised.
11 Oct 17Cambodia’s public finance management system has been “substantially strengthened” at a central level, the World Bank has reportedly said.
2 Oct 17The Asian Development Bank plans to up its annual lending to India to $4bn in an effort to accelerate the country’s economic transformation towards upper middle-income status.
2 Oct 17The Asian Development Bank has approved financing of up to $900m to upgrade Sri Lanka’s road network, as well as a $50m loan to fund solar power generation systems.
29 Sep 17Japan’s government needs to set a new timeframe to achieve its budget-balancing goal, currently set for the fiscal year 2020/21, finance minister Taro Aso has said.
28 Sep 17Thailand’s ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail over mishandling a rice subsidy scheme which reportedly cost the country at least $8bn.
28 Sep 17Mongolia’s recovering economy grew by 5.3% in the first half of this year, compared to a 1.2% growth rate recorded in 2016, the Asian Development Bank said this week.
27 Sep 17Australia’s final budget deficit of the last financial year dropped below 2% of GDP to A$33.2bn, down more than A$4bn from the forecast in the 2017-18 budget.
26 Sep 17Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court today, as trial proceedings begin following a corruption probe.
25 Sep 17China’s new accounting rules – the basic principles – introduce an accruals system and allow performance to be compared throughout the public sector
22 Sep 17Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded China’s credit rating due rising debt, which has exposed the country to increased economic and financial risk.
22 Sep 17The Asian Development Bank has approved two loans, totalling $1.1bn, to strengthen Indonesia’s energy sector and promote growth and development.
20 Sep 17The Bangladesh government and the Asian Development Bank signed a $200m loan agreement yesterday, to strengthen urban infrastructure, service delivery, and management in Bangladesh’s...
19 Sep 17The United Nations Population Fund is seeking $13m to provide reproductive health care and prevention against gender-based violence to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
18 Sep 17India has started building its new bullet train line, largely funded by a 0.1% interest loan from Japan.
11 Sep 17A former finance minister has branded the Indian government’s surprise move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation overnight to weed out so-called ‘black money’ a...
4 Sep 17The UK has allocated £400,000 to flood relief work in Nepal, in addition to the £660,000 already given to NGOs in badly flooded Bangladesh.
1 Sep 17The UK will work quickly after Brexit to establish a new economic partnership with Japan based on the final terms of the deal being negotiated between Japan and the European Union.
29 Aug 17A debate has been sparked in Malaysia over how the country measures its gross domestic product (GDP).
29 Aug 17The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed the creation of national green financing vehicles to promote environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructure investments.
