-
24 Nov 15
British parliamentarians are seeking views on international tax reforms following their endorsement by the G20 last week.
-
23 Nov 15
France has been named a world leader in green finance ahead of pivotal climate talks in its capital city next week.
-
23 Nov 15
China and the UK have both pledged much-needed financial aid to prevent South Sudan’s food crisis from descending into famine.
-
23 Nov 15
UK chancellor George Osborne and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have set up a £1bn fund to tackle malaria and other infectious diseases.
-
23 Nov 15
Academics have criticised the international response to last year’s Ebola epidemic and called for governance reforms and better funding of the World Health Organisation.
-
20 Nov 15
The rich have long made the most of cross-border tax avoidance. Developing countries are hit hardest by this practice, but may benefit the least from efforts to tackle it
-
19 Nov 15
Opaqueness, inefficiency and other ills of public procurement systems are blocking the ability of firms to do business with governments in developing countries, the World Bank has said.
-
19 Nov 15
Refugees, hospitals and infrastructure projects are among the beneficiaries of over €12bn worth of new loans from the European Investment Bank.
-
19 Nov 15
Better-educated people in lower-income countries can struggle to find suitable work, according to the International Labour Organisation.
-
19 Nov 15
Road deaths could be a bigger killer than HIV-AIDS by 2020 without more funding and cooperation to deliver improved road safety, World Bank officials have said.
-
18 Nov 15
Key donors have saved the World Food Programme from suspending its food assistance to those affected by drought in Ethiopia.
-
18 Nov 15
The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
-
17 Nov 15
Leaders of the world’s major economies have agreed to co-operate to face down the global terrorist threat, including how it is financed.
-
16 Nov 15
The OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) reforms do not go far enough in changing the international corporate tax system, G20 leaders have been told.
-
16 Nov 15
Transparency International has accused all but one of the G20 governments of failing to keep their promises to fight corruption made at the Brisbane summit a year ago.
-
16 Nov 15
G20 governments hand out $444bn a year in fossil fuel subsidies, marrying “bad economics with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate”, research has claimed
-
13 Nov 15
Developing countries are in an “age of choice” when it comes to financing their national development strategies and the decisions they make will have impacts on debt sustainability,...
-
12 Nov 15
Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown said now is a “golden time” to address the worldwide infrastructure gap, but stressed that the public sector cannot do the job alone.
-
11 Nov 15
Public sector corruption is of mounting concern to citizens around the world. What can individuals and institutions to do address it?
-
10 Nov 15
The adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) has a crucial role to play in supporting sustainable development, a United Nations workshop has concluded.
-
9 Nov 15
Seven aid agencies have warned a ‘new deal’ is needed for Syria’s refugees living in neighbouring countries if the massive humanitarian crisis is going to be resolved.
-
9 Nov 15
More than 100 million additional people could be pushed into poverty unless immediate action is taken on climate change, the World Bank has said.
-
8 Nov 15
Ambitions will need to be revised up if the target of a global temperature rise no more than 2°C is to be met, the UN Environment Programme has warned.
-
7 Nov 15
Policies that strengthen public finances and enable countries to run a fiscal surplus are critical to their ability to weather economic crises, the OECD has said.
-
3 Nov 15
Countries that have seen large increases in high-skilled migration could be missing out on the benefits as workers’ capacities are underutilised, the OECD and France’s development agency have said.
24 Nov 15British parliamentarians are seeking views on international tax reforms following their endorsement by the G20 last week.
23 Nov 15France has been named a world leader in green finance ahead of pivotal climate talks in its capital city next week.
23 Nov 15China and the UK have both pledged much-needed financial aid to prevent South Sudan’s food crisis from descending into famine.
23 Nov 15UK chancellor George Osborne and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have set up a £1bn fund to tackle malaria and other infectious diseases.
23 Nov 15Academics have criticised the international response to last year’s Ebola epidemic and called for governance reforms and better funding of the World Health Organisation.
20 Nov 15The rich have long made the most of cross-border tax avoidance. Developing countries are hit hardest by this practice, but may benefit the least from efforts to tackle it
19 Nov 15Opaqueness, inefficiency and other ills of public procurement systems are blocking the ability of firms to do business with governments in developing countries, the World Bank has said.
19 Nov 15Refugees, hospitals and infrastructure projects are among the beneficiaries of over €12bn worth of new loans from the European Investment Bank.
19 Nov 15Better-educated people in lower-income countries can struggle to find suitable work, according to the International Labour Organisation.
19 Nov 15Road deaths could be a bigger killer than HIV-AIDS by 2020 without more funding and cooperation to deliver improved road safety, World Bank officials have said.
18 Nov 15Key donors have saved the World Food Programme from suspending its food assistance to those affected by drought in Ethiopia.
18 Nov 15The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
17 Nov 15Leaders of the world’s major economies have agreed to co-operate to face down the global terrorist threat, including how it is financed.
16 Nov 15Transparency International has accused all but one of the G20 governments of failing to keep their promises to fight corruption made at the Brisbane summit a year ago.
16 Nov 15G20 governments hand out $444bn a year in fossil fuel subsidies, marrying “bad economics with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate”, research has claimed
13 Nov 15Developing countries are in an “age of choice” when it comes to financing their national development strategies and the decisions they make will have impacts on debt sustainability,...
12 Nov 15Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown said now is a “golden time” to address the worldwide infrastructure gap, but stressed that the public sector cannot do the job alone.
11 Nov 15Public sector corruption is of mounting concern to citizens around the world. What can individuals and institutions to do address it?
10 Nov 15The adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) has a crucial role to play in supporting sustainable development, a United Nations workshop has concluded.
9 Nov 15Seven aid agencies have warned a ‘new deal’ is needed for Syria’s refugees living in neighbouring countries if the massive humanitarian crisis is going to be resolved.
9 Nov 15More than 100 million additional people could be pushed into poverty unless immediate action is taken on climate change, the World Bank has said.
7 Nov 15Policies that strengthen public finances and enable countries to run a fiscal surplus are critical to their ability to weather economic crises, the OECD has said.
3 Nov 15Countries that have seen large increases in high-skilled migration could be missing out on the benefits as workers’ capacities are underutilised, the OECD and France’s development agency have said.
