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2 Oct 19
The world’s biggest countries have upped their aid contributions to tackling climate change. Calum Rutter examines whether they are spending the money in the right way and being transparent about...
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30 Sep 19
Public trust in humanitarian aid is being “eroded” as its definition has been transformed over the years, an aid specialist has warned.
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27 Sep 19
World leaders are discussing healthcare for all - whatever a person’s financial circumstances - at a time when the issue is increasingly politicised, says the Open Society Foundation’s Julia...
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27 Sep 19
Governments underspent by nearly 10% of their promised budgets on average over an eight-year period, according to a study.
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26 Sep 19
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected to be the IMF’s new managing director, at a time when, she said, the fund has “never been more important”.
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25 Sep 19
Carbon taxes could become more popular if citizens knew the revenue raised would be put back into society, researchers have found.
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25 Sep 19
Developing countries have made half a billion dollars more from taxing multinational companies, thanks to a joint initiative from the OECD and United Nations Development Programme.
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24 Sep 19
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued the world’s first climate resilience bond.
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24 Sep 19
MPs have called on the government to clarify the impact of its £14bn aid spending programme.
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20 Sep 19
Poorer children are seven times less likely to finish school than rich children in the developing world, Oxfam has found.
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20 Sep 19
Global growth will slow to 2.9% in 2019 and 3% in 2020 because of the trade war between China and the US, and uncertainty caused by the UK’s departure from the EU.
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19 Sep 19
The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
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19 Sep 19
The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
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17 Sep 19
Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
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17 Sep 19
OECD countries increased funds directed towards tackling climate change by 21.5% between 2016 and 2017.
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13 Sep 19
The UK government must do more to ensure departments better understand how to spend aid more efficiently, a watchdog has found.
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12 Sep 19
Wealth created in the digital economy is “highly concentrated” in the US and China, with the rest of the world – especially Latin America and Africa – trailing “considerably far behind”, the United...
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11 Sep 19
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva looks likely to take over as head of the International Monetary Fund after emerging as the sole candidate for the post when nominations closed last week.
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11 Sep 19
Women holding a tertiary degree earn a quarter less than their male counterparts across the world’s leading economies, new OECD analysis has shown.
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10 Sep 19
The design of taxation policy has a vital role in promoting international sustainability, the president of CIPFA has told management accountants in Sri Lanka.
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4 Sep 19
International aid spending by the UK government will increase in real terms, chancellor Sajid Javid has announced.
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30 Aug 19
The world is failing to provide safe water for the planet’s poorest communities by not investing enough and not deploying subsidies equitably, according to two global institutions.
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29 Aug 19
A UK government scheme to “turbo charge” private investment in developing countries’ infrastructure projects has been criticised as making an “opportunity” out of human suffering.
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28 Aug 19
Top civil servants broadly have two strategies to choose between when deciding on efficiency cutbacks but must bear in mind the values that motivate the decisions, explains Leiden University’s Eduard...
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27 Aug 19
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2 Oct 19The world’s biggest countries have upped their aid contributions to tackling climate change. Calum Rutter examines whether they are spending the money in the right way and being transparent about...
30 Sep 19Public trust in humanitarian aid is being “eroded” as its definition has been transformed over the years, an aid specialist has warned.
27 Sep 19World leaders are discussing healthcare for all - whatever a person’s financial circumstances - at a time when the issue is increasingly politicised, says the Open Society Foundation’s Julia...
27 Sep 19Governments underspent by nearly 10% of their promised budgets on average over an eight-year period, according to a study.
26 Sep 19Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected to be the IMF’s new managing director, at a time when, she said, the fund has “never been more important”.
25 Sep 19Carbon taxes could become more popular if citizens knew the revenue raised would be put back into society, researchers have found.
25 Sep 19Developing countries have made half a billion dollars more from taxing multinational companies, thanks to a joint initiative from the OECD and United Nations Development Programme.
24 Sep 19The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued the world’s first climate resilience bond.
24 Sep 19MPs have called on the government to clarify the impact of its £14bn aid spending programme.
20 Sep 19Poorer children are seven times less likely to finish school than rich children in the developing world, Oxfam has found.
19 Sep 19The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
19 Sep 19The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
17 Sep 19Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
17 Sep 19OECD countries increased funds directed towards tackling climate change by 21.5% between 2016 and 2017.
12 Sep 19Wealth created in the digital economy is “highly concentrated” in the US and China, with the rest of the world – especially Latin America and Africa – trailing “considerably far behind”, the United...
11 Sep 19Women holding a tertiary degree earn a quarter less than their male counterparts across the world’s leading economies, new OECD analysis has shown.
10 Sep 19The design of taxation policy has a vital role in promoting international sustainability, the president of CIPFA has told management accountants in Sri Lanka.
30 Aug 19The world is failing to provide safe water for the planet’s poorest communities by not investing enough and not deploying subsidies equitably, according to two global institutions.
29 Aug 19A UK government scheme to “turbo charge” private investment in developing countries’ infrastructure projects has been criticised as making an “opportunity” out of human suffering.
28 Aug 19Top civil servants broadly have two strategies to choose between when deciding on efficiency cutbacks but must bear in mind the values that motivate the decisions, explains Leiden University’s Eduard...
27 Aug 19From Monday 9 September, it will be necessary to register on the PF and PF International sites to read the content.
