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15 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank has issued two types of green bond, raising $1.25bn to finance climate change projects.
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14 Aug 17
Japan's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter of this year as consumer and company spending picked up, official data has shown.
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11 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to loan Bangladesh $200m to strengthen municipal infrastructure, service delivery and governance in 35 localities.
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10 Aug 17
India’s income tax return filing rate has risen by 25% since the country demonetised certain large banknotes, its Central Board of Direct Taxes has said.
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2 Aug 17
Information technology systems of treasuries in seven states in India’s north east have been integrated with the India-wide Union Public Financial Management System, the nation’s finance...
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1 Aug 17
Japan must press ahead with reforms to boost wages and productivity as its workforce ages and shrinks, the IMF has stated.
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1 Aug 17
The India government and the World Bank have loaned $100m to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to improve conditions in rural areas.
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1 Aug 17
Campaign group Transparency International has urged the UK authorities to seize any property in the country owned by Pakistan’s disgraced ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
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1 Aug 17
The World Bank has approved a $32.73m grant from its Global Environment Fund to support work in China on integrating land use and transport.
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31 Jul 17
Singapore’s economic growth momentum has improved since late 2016, supported by a recovery in global electronics trade, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said its assessment of the city...
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28 Jul 17
Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been declared unfit for office and ousted from power by the country’s Supreme Court following a corruption probe.
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21 Jul 17
Asia’s tax-to-GDP ratios have increased since 2000 but further efforts are needed to increase tax revenues in developing countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
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19 Jul 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $526m multitranche financing facility for infrastructure investments in Bangladesh.
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19 Jul 17
Mineral-rich countries in South America, Africa and Asia have an opportunity to prosper from the ongoing boom in low-carbon energy technologies, a World Bank study has found.
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10 Jul 17
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced a revised four-year strategy for Kazakhstan, which is intended to balance the roles of the private and public sectors.
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10 Jul 17
The Japanese government’s pension fund – the world’s largest – gained 7.9 trillion yen ($69.5bn) in the fiscal year that ended on 31 March.
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4 Jul 17
The president of the Asian Development Bank has pledged $10bn to support India’s low-income states and its first economic corridor.
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29 Jun 17
One of the world’s only operational development impact bonds has delivered strong results in its second year, in some cases exceeding its targets, according to its architects.
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28 Jun 17
Chinese premier Li Keqiang warned against shunning economic globalisation, which he said had been a “great facilitator” in China opening up over the past 30 years.
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19 Jun 17
Public spending to support the Japanese economy should continue beyond 2018 in order to maintain growth, the International Monetary Fund has recommended.
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15 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has raised China’s growth forecast for the second time this year, boosting it to 6.7%.
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12 Jun 17
India has offered tax cuts as a sweetener to those opposing one of the country’s biggest ever tax reforms, due to be rolled out in three week’s time.
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9 Jun 17
Japan’s government has halved initially optimistic economic growth figures for the first three months of this year, citing newly available data.
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9 Jun 17
Local government finances face very different fortunes in Australia than they do in the UK. But in both, common challenges have prompted the same fundamental questions
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7 Jun 17
More investment in infrastructure and good governance will be key to Cambodia’s continuing economic success, according to the International Monetary Fund’s deputy managing director.