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28 Nov 19
Albania faces a struggle to improve its living standards because of poor infrastructure and weak institutions, according to the IMF.
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28 Nov 19
The EU now meets “high standards of accountability and transparency when spending public money”, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
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28 Nov 19
Digital services in the Czech Republic have seen poor uptake despite large investment by the government.
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26 Nov 19
The German economy is set to grow slightly this quarter as business confidence improves, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research has said.
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22 Nov 19
A “total shift” in the way EU countries think about aid is required in order to tackle global poverty and inequality, a group of NGOs has warned in a report.
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21 Nov 19
Finland faces a challenge to balance its books as the government presses on with policies aimed at making society fairer, according to IMF economists.
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19 Nov 19
Representatives from UK political parties have disagreed over whether to maintain aid spending at the current level of 0.7% of gross national income.
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19 Nov 19
The Nordic countries risk losing their reputations as world-leaders in trust and low corruption, campaigners in the individual states have warned.
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19 Nov 19
Climate change and growth are the priorities in the EU’s 2020 budget, which was agreed on last night by the European Council and Parliament.
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19 Nov 19
The Czech government has approved a digital tax bill, which will introduce a 7% levy on huge corporations, such as the internet giants of Google and Facebook.
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19 Nov 19
European countries need to rebuild trust in their public institutions to protect economic growth and shield against future crises, the World Bank has claimed.
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18 Nov 19
North Macedonia, which hopes to join the European Union, still has a large income gap with the EU, the IMF said.
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14 Nov 19
Germany has narrowly avoided a technical recession after its economy grew by 0.1% in the last quarter.
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13 Nov 19
The Moldovan government, led by a prime minister who pledged to fight corruption, has collapsed after a disagreement over anti-graft reform.
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13 Nov 19
A grand coalition of governments, companies and investors is needed to address the “deep disparities” between words and action on climate change and to stem the continuing upward march of global...
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12 Nov 19
Ukraine’s president has approved a wide-ranging package of reforms and deregulations he hopes will create significant economic growth in the Eastern European country.
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11 Nov 19
Germany’s coalition partners have reached an agreement on a pensions issue that threatened to derail the country’s government.
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11 Nov 19
The European economy is headed for a period of more subdued growth as a result of uncertainty fuelled by trade conflicts and intensifying geopolitical tensions, according to the latest forecast.
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11 Nov 19
Iceland’s “fragile” economy is too concentrated in particular industries and, although policies have softened the blow of an ongoing slowdown, there are still risks ahead, according to the IMF.
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8 Nov 19
German exports grew in September, data released today has shown, calming long-standing fears of Europe’s biggest economy entering a technical recession.
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8 Nov 19
An anti-graft programme has been adopted by Budapest’s new municipal assembly, which hopes to make its finances and operations more transparent.
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7 Nov 19
The French and Chinese leaders have reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement on climate change, calling it “an irreversible process”.
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5 Nov 19
Karen Day looks at whether public services risk being engulfed by the digital revolution or can harness its power.
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5 Nov 19
A Canadian public sector pension fund will plough £250m into a new property development for tech companies in Cambridge, UK, it has announced.
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5 Nov 19
Aid should remain focused on eliminating poverty and inequality, an NGO has highlighted to UK political parties ahead of the general election in December.