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12 Jan 24
Disadvantaged countries could use UN human rights laws, activists claim
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10 Jan 24
Depressed global growth could leave many developing countries with “paralysing” debt levels that restrict progress on international priorities such as climate change, the World Bank has said.
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5 Jan 24
Accelerating “bold” investments will improve progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and climate targets, and will help boost the world economy’s stagnant growth, the United Nations has said.
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15 Dec 23
Surging interest rates pushed the cost of servicing many of the poorest countries’ debts last year to a record $443.5bn, World Bank figures have shown.
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14 Dec 23
Historic deal beats expectations on emissions.
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6 Dec 23
OECD inflation drops to two-year low.
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5 Dec 23
Investment programme to ‘prevent millions’ of climate-related deaths.
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1 Dec 23
Hundreds of economists and climate experts have asked rich countries to cancel debt for lower income countries, which are often bearing the brunt of the climate crisis while being starved of the...
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24 Nov 23
Decision ramps up global response to evasion.
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17 Nov 23
The UN is set for a showdown over tax evasion, led by African nations.
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9 Nov 23
Raising contribution rates from member nations would reduce the International Monetary Fund’s need to borrow, the fund has said while proposing an extra 50%.
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7 Nov 23
Digitalising health services would boost efficiency as health spending falls across advanced economies, the OECD has said.
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7 Nov 23
Military conflicts have been a key contributor to climate change and it would cost the US and UK more than $100bn to compensate for the impact on the Global South, researchers have claimed.
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24 Oct 23
A minimum international tax charged on the world’s wealthiest people would raise $214bn a year, the EU Tax Observatory has said.
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13 Oct 23
“Understandable” frustration from the Global South because of an unfair economic system is risking progress towards a better world, the head of the World Bank has said.
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13 Oct 23
Debt restructuring takes time but the trend is that the G20’s common framework is yielding faster results, the IMF’s managing director has said when defending the programme from criticism.
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10 Oct 23
Persistent inflation and the impacts of high interest rates are set to slow growth next year as the global economy continues “limping”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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29 Sep 23
Financial support from Switzerland and the US will help supreme audit institutions improve public financial management and accountability in developing countries.
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22 Sep 23
Poor countries cannot fund it and pay debts, report warns
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21 Sep 23
Are supreme audit institutions the catalyst needed to boost sustainability reporting? Yes, writes CIPFA’s Nina Johansson.
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21 Sep 23
Major economies urged to help developing nations
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19 Sep 23
High interest rates are necessary in advanced economies until inflation is under control, the OECD has said.
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18 Sep 23
The global debt ratio will grow again despite recently falling from its pandemic high, economists at the International Monetary Fund have said.
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15 Sep 23
One in six children worldwide lives in extreme poverty and at the current rate the commitment to reduce that to zero by the end of this decade will be missed.
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15 Sep 23
An economic slowdown in China and the impact of higher interest rates in Europe and the US will slow global growth next year, Fitch Ratings has said.
12 Jan 24Disadvantaged countries could use UN human rights laws, activists claim
10 Jan 24Depressed global growth could leave many developing countries with “paralysing” debt levels that restrict progress on international priorities such as climate change, the World Bank has said.
15 Dec 23Surging interest rates pushed the cost of servicing many of the poorest countries’ debts last year to a record $443.5bn, World Bank figures have shown.
14 Dec 23Historic deal beats expectations on emissions.
6 Dec 23OECD inflation drops to two-year low.
1 Dec 23Hundreds of economists and climate experts have asked rich countries to cancel debt for lower income countries, which are often bearing the brunt of the climate crisis while being starved of the...
9 Nov 23Raising contribution rates from member nations would reduce the International Monetary Fund’s need to borrow, the fund has said while proposing an extra 50%.
7 Nov 23Digitalising health services would boost efficiency as health spending falls across advanced economies, the OECD has said.
7 Nov 23Military conflicts have been a key contributor to climate change and it would cost the US and UK more than $100bn to compensate for the impact on the Global South, researchers have claimed.
13 Oct 23“Understandable” frustration from the Global South because of an unfair economic system is risking progress towards a better world, the head of the World Bank has said.
29 Sep 23Financial support from Switzerland and the US will help supreme audit institutions improve public financial management and accountability in developing countries.
21 Sep 23Are supreme audit institutions the catalyst needed to boost sustainability reporting? Yes, writes CIPFA’s Nina Johansson.
21 Sep 23Major economies urged to help developing nations
19 Sep 23High interest rates are necessary in advanced economies until inflation is under control, the OECD has said.
18 Sep 23The global debt ratio will grow again despite recently falling from its pandemic high, economists at the International Monetary Fund have said.
15 Sep 23One in six children worldwide lives in extreme poverty and at the current rate the commitment to reduce that to zero by the end of this decade will be missed.
