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4 Jul 16
The New Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank have signed a deal to cooperate on shared priorities including sustainable and inclusive development across Asia.
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4 Jul 16
Four Japanese cities have been selected to share best practice with those in developing countries as part of a World Bank capacity-building programme.
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4 Jul 16
Afghanistan looks set to secure almost half a million dollars from the International Monetary Fund after reaching an agreement with its staff.
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28 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $600m to help Pakistan reform its public sector, it was announced today.
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27 Jun 16
The World Bank has approved $150m in extra funding to bolster Bangladesh’s health systems and improve services, it was announced last week.
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24 Jun 16
Directors of the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have today approved financing for the organisation’s first four projects, worth half a billion US dollars in total.
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22 Jun 16
The World Bank has approved $1.02bn worth of financing for Pakistan to support economic reforms and resilience in the country.
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21 Jun 16
A weaker global outlook is hampering Indonesia’s ability to build on recent economic progress, the World Bank has said.
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20 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank is set to promote more inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth in Vietnam, after the bank’s president commended the country’s performance and reforms.
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20 Jun 16
Japan will fall short of its growth targets without a “reboot” of prime minister Shinzo Abe’s economic strategy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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17 Jun 16
Vietnam has been urged to improve migrants’ access to public services by reducing the time it takes to obtain permanent residency.
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15 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank has more than doubled its annual concessional lending for Myanmar as the country emerges from more than half a century of military rule.
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13 Jun 16
China must act quickly to reduce its corporate debt mountain, driven mainly by state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the International Monetary Fund’s first deputy managing director has said.
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10 Jun 16
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has secured its first co-financing deal with the Asian Development Bank.
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8 Jun 16
Thailand’s economic recovery from the political volatility of the past few years is gaining traction, but growth is still trailing other Asian economies and remains at risk, the International...
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7 Jun 16
Asian governments’ resolve to push through environmentally friendly investments and policies may falter in the face of the current weak economic outlook, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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2 Jun 16
Government representatives described their experiences of managing rapidly growing cities in Asia and Africa at an event organised by the London School of Economics’ International Growth Centre...
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1 Jun 16
India’s economy grew by 7.6% over the past year, retaining the country’s place as the fastest-growing major economy in the world, according to government data.
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31 May 16
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce a delay in a planned sales tax increase until October 2019 amid concerns that the hike could hit growth.
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27 May 16
India has opened a $10bn line of credit for Africa, it was announced at the African Development Bank’s annual meetings in Zambia earlier this week.
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26 May 16
The Chinese finance ministry is to issue the first ever sovereign renminbi bond outside of China on the London stock market.
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23 May 16
Myanmar’s economy has fallen short of expectations as severe flooding, the pre-election climate and weak external demand weigh on growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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23 May 16
New Zealand’s Local Government Funding Agency has shown how local authorities can come together to lower borrowing costs and achieve an increased profile with central government
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23 May 16
There is improved awareness of the contribution public financial management makes to good governance and facing down corruption. However, accrual-based information must be deployed
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20 May 16
A Bangladeshi parliamentary panel has suggested halting the activities of NGOs that make “insulting or derogatory remarks” about the country’s parliament and other constitutional bodies.