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5 Apr 18
The UK is giving another £3m to countries in Africa and Asia to tackle the threat of landmines.
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5 Apr 18
Donor countries have pledged more than $2bn in humanitarian aid in response to the “worst manmade humanitarian crisis” in Yemen, at a pledging event in Geneva on Tuesday.
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4 Apr 18
China has published a list of various signature US imports the country plans to impose duties on, in response to Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs.
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4 Apr 18
Improving transparency to regain lost trust in governments around the world is key to tackling corruption, OECD division heads have told PF International.
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3 Apr 18
Attendees at an IPSASB roundtable in Brussels questioned the addition of accounting for natural resources as a priority for the standard setter’s work from 2019 to 2023.
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27 Mar 18
Countries must fight corruption and restore public trust to help meet the sustainable development goals, an OECD forum in Paris heard this morning.
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27 Mar 18
The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
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21 Mar 18
The United States has banned any financial transactions involving Venezuela’s new Petro cryptocurrency.
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21 Mar 18
G20 countries should work together to boost sustainable growth and “avoid the temptation of inward-looking policies”, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has urged.
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21 Mar 18
Developing country debt payments have increased by 60% in three years, marking the highest level since 2004, figures have revealed.
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20 Mar 18
More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to come up with a plan on how to tax the digital economy by 2020, the OECD has said.
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19 Mar 18
The EU will give more than €31m in aid to assist Latin America and the Caribbean with humanitarian issues and ‘disaster preparedness’.
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19 Mar 18
Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
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16 Mar 18
Our international reporter Simone Rensch finds out why green bonds are going from a marginal financing tool to becoming mainstream.
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15 Mar 18
A rise in protectionism and emerging trade wars could harm the global economic recovery, the OECD has warned.
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13 Mar 18
Timor-Leste spends the least amount of money on healthcare than any other country in the world, a new map has revealed.
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13 Mar 18
The French president has reversed a decade of defence budget cuts by approving nearly €300bn in military spending by 2025, as he pushes for military service to be compulsory.
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12 Mar 18
The European Union commissioner for trade has said the bloc will “stand up to bullies” that create trade wars, at a conference in Brussels.
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12 Mar 18
The UK and Saudi Arabia are to partner up to boost economic development and infrastructure in some of the world’s poorest drought and conflict-hit countries.
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9 Mar 18
The UK will pay £700,000 for a new wing in one of Nigeria’s prisons to help free up space in British jails, Boris Johnson has announced.
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7 Mar 18
US president Donald Trump has said he will not back down on plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, following ‘trade war’ concerns from Republicans.
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7 Mar 18
The UK government should have been better prepared to assist overseas territories hit by hurricanes in September, the Foreign Affairs Committee has said.
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6 Mar 18
The IMF explains the enormous benefits to countries that could be brought about by greater world-wide inclusion of women in workforces and economies.
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5 Mar 18
The International Federation of Accountants has named Kevin Dancey as its next chief executive officer.
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28 Feb 18
An aid watchdog has called on the UK Department for International Development to do more to ensure the results of its investments in natural disaster resilience efforts are monitored thoroughly.