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8 Mar 16
The Chinese Renminbi is to be identified in the International Monetary Fund’s official foreign reserves database as of October, the fund has announced.
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7 Mar 16
Investment focused on tackling gender inequality can form an essential part of the fight to end extreme poverty, according to the ONE campaign.
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4 Mar 16
Game-changing reforms will be needed to face the global challenge of ageing populations and shrinking labour forces, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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4 Mar 16
Women in Ireland shoulder one of the most unequal burdens in the world when it comes to childcare, according to the UK’s Overseas Development Institute.
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3 Mar 16
UK prime minister David Cameron is “conning” the British public by spending the country’s aid budget on military and defence activities, the country's shadow secretary of state for international...
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3 Mar 16
Pragmatic, targeted and well-sequenced public finance management reforms are more likely to lead to success than ambitious, large-scale overhauls, the Asian Development Bank vice president has said.
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2 Mar 16
Economic crime is at a “pandemic level” in South Africa and both France and the UK have reported significant increases in its frequency over the past two years, according to PwC.
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26 Feb 16
The global economy’s recovery is at higher risk of being derailed ramping up the need for a broad-based and balanced policy response, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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24 Feb 16
Securing genuine results from aid spending is vital at a time of extraordinary demand, says Labour MP Stephen Twigg, chair of the International Development Select Committee
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24 Feb 16
The UK’s Department for International Development has announced a partnership with a global mobile operators organisation, which will see mobile technology used to provide life-enhancing services to...
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22 Feb 16
Much more work needs to be done to forge an international tax system that is fair, works for all economies and is fit for the 21st century, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine...
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19 Feb 16
The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee has expanded the definition of overseas aid to include limited forms of counterterrorism and military activities or training.
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18 Feb 16
The World Health Organization says it needs $56m to implement its global strategy to guide the international response to the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus and associated complications.
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18 Feb 16
The OECD has urged its members to move away from austerity towards a “new strategy” of exploiting cheap borrowing and increasing public investments, particularly in infrastructure.
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17 Feb 16
A new trade agreement proposed between the United States and the European Union could allow corporations to effectively sue governments who try to collect tax on their profits, campaigners have...
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16 Feb 16
A coalition of NGOs has spoken out against discussions among European governments to dedicate a share of aid budgets to defence and security.
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12 Feb 16
The British Academy has announced eight projects it will fund as part of its £4m anti-corruption scheme in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development.
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12 Feb 16
New analysis has revealed the high human and economic cost of 2015’s 346 natural disasters, which affected more than 98 million people and caused $66.5bn worth of economic damage.
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11 Feb 16
Efforts to eliminate poverty and food insecurity could be undermined unless international action is taken to counter the threat posed by antibiotic resistance, the chief of the United Nations Food...
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11 Feb 16
Nominations for the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund have closed with only one suggested candidate – current managing director Christine Lagarde.
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9 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
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5 Feb 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has called for a “new multilateralism” and partnership between the world’s increasingly interdependent emerging and advanced economies...
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5 Feb 16
Private interests are able to influence the politics of many developed countries by exploiting loopholes or lax regulation of political party funding and campaign donations, the OECD has found.
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5 Feb 16
The Syria donor’s conference held in London yesterday secured pledges of over $10bn – the largest ever raised for a humanitarian appeal in one day.
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4 Feb 16
A second round of pledges focused on delivering humanitarian aid for Syria has closed today with funding commitments for 2016 totaling $4.8bn.