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7 Aug 20
Disaster relief to help Beirut rebuild after the blast killed at least 145 people and left 300,000 homeless will be conditional on Lebanon enacting anti-corruption reforms, French president Emmanuel...
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31 Jul 20
Covid-19 has shown that South Africa needs to improve its social protection system to ensure everyone living in poverty is supported, economists have argued in a report into the country.
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23 Jul 20
South Africa has been granted its first ever crisis loan from the African Development Bank as it struggles against one of the world’s most serious outbreaks of Covid-19.
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14 Jul 20
Urgent reforms could save the Algerian government $20bn by the end of the year, the country’s president has told ministers.
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13 Jul 20
The head of Nigeria’s official anti-corruption agency has been suspended after the body was accused of diverting funds recovered as a result of its investigations.
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7 Jul 20
Saudi Arabia has begun the process of implementing Vision 2030: a plan to transform the nation into a major global economy. This programme was founded upon three key themes: a vibrant society, a...
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3 Jul 20
Namibia is looking to set up a sovereign wealth fund to secure savings for its future, the country’s government has said.
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2 Jul 20
Nearly $8bn of aid has been raised for Syria in just one day at a donor conference in Brussels.
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24 Jun 20
Covid-19 has more than doubled South Africa’s projected consolidated budget deficit, the country’s finance minister said, as he delivered a special adjustment budget to deal with the virus.
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22 Jun 20
Many African countries struggling with the health and economic effects of Covid-19 are relying on rapid help from the IMF to get them through the crisis, but are being told to “keep the receipts” as...
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19 Jun 20
Egypt is pushing forward with plans to create a universal health insurance system to support its most vulnerable citizens, with the first phase financed by a loan from the World Bank.
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2 Jun 20
The shock of Covid-19 combined with years of declining foreign aid has left the Palestinian Authority with a “monumental task” to save its economy and protect its public finances, a World Bank...
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29 May 20
United Nations agencies working in Yemen have called for financial help, suggesting most of their programmes in the country face running out of money “within weeks”, following a slump in donations...
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26 May 20
Cranfield University School of Management lecturer Dr Matthias Nnadi explores how policies that encourage and protect whistleblowers could solve the problem of corruption in Africa.
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15 May 20
Egypt’s request for a $2.7bn emergency loan to help offset the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been approved by the International Monetary Fund.
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12 May 20
Saudi Arabia is set to suspend the living allowance for state employees, in a bid reduce spending amid an economic outlook hit by plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
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30 Apr 20
Nigeria has been given an emergency $3.4bn support package from the IMF to deal with the economic impact of coronavirus and the sharp fall in oil prices.
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24 Apr 20
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a Covid-19 economic rescue package equivalent to 10% of his country’s GDP.
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24 Apr 20
The fiscal deficit caused by the collapse of oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic could force Saudi Arabia to borrow about $26bn more than it planned this year, as well as draw down up to $32bn...
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14 Apr 20
The IMF has wiped six months of debt repayments for 25 of the world’s poorest countries, to give them space to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
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14 Apr 20
A new $10bn fund has been announced by the African Development Bank to help the continent’s governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 Apr 20
Nigeria has asked for nearly $7bn from multilateral lenders to help it fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic after its economy was hit by falling oil prices.
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26 Mar 20
The impact of COVID-19 and the oil price plunge in the Middle East and the Caucasus and Central Asia has been substantial and could intensify, says Jihad Azour.
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26 Mar 20
Somalia has been successfully granted debt relief by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as it looks to ease its $5.2bn debt.
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24 Mar 20
The US has reduced the amount of aid it will send to Afghanistan this year by $1bn, in response to politicians’ failure to agree a unity government.
7 Aug 20Disaster relief to help Beirut rebuild after the blast killed at least 145 people and left 300,000 homeless will be conditional on Lebanon enacting anti-corruption reforms, French president Emmanuel...
31 Jul 20Covid-19 has shown that South Africa needs to improve its social protection system to ensure everyone living in poverty is supported, economists have argued in a report into the country.
23 Jul 20South Africa has been granted its first ever crisis loan from the African Development Bank as it struggles against one of the world’s most serious outbreaks of Covid-19.
14 Jul 20Urgent reforms could save the Algerian government $20bn by the end of the year, the country’s president has told ministers.
13 Jul 20The head of Nigeria’s official anti-corruption agency has been suspended after the body was accused of diverting funds recovered as a result of its investigations.
7 Jul 20Saudi Arabia has begun the process of implementing Vision 2030: a plan to transform the nation into a major global economy. This programme was founded upon three key themes: a vibrant society, a...
3 Jul 20Namibia is looking to set up a sovereign wealth fund to secure savings for its future, the country’s government has said.
2 Jul 20Nearly $8bn of aid has been raised for Syria in just one day at a donor conference in Brussels.
24 Jun 20Covid-19 has more than doubled South Africa’s projected consolidated budget deficit, the country’s finance minister said, as he delivered a special adjustment budget to deal with the virus.
22 Jun 20Many African countries struggling with the health and economic effects of Covid-19 are relying on rapid help from the IMF to get them through the crisis, but are being told to “keep the receipts” as...
19 Jun 20Egypt is pushing forward with plans to create a universal health insurance system to support its most vulnerable citizens, with the first phase financed by a loan from the World Bank.
2 Jun 20The shock of Covid-19 combined with years of declining foreign aid has left the Palestinian Authority with a “monumental task” to save its economy and protect its public finances, a World Bank...
29 May 20United Nations agencies working in Yemen have called for financial help, suggesting most of their programmes in the country face running out of money “within weeks”, following a slump in donations...
15 May 20Egypt’s request for a $2.7bn emergency loan to help offset the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been approved by the International Monetary Fund.
12 May 20Saudi Arabia is set to suspend the living allowance for state employees, in a bid reduce spending amid an economic outlook hit by plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Apr 20The fiscal deficit caused by the collapse of oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic could force Saudi Arabia to borrow about $26bn more than it planned this year, as well as draw down up to $32bn...
14 Apr 20The IMF has wiped six months of debt repayments for 25 of the world’s poorest countries, to give them space to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
14 Apr 20A new $10bn fund has been announced by the African Development Bank to help the continent’s governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
7 Apr 20Nigeria has asked for nearly $7bn from multilateral lenders to help it fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic after its economy was hit by falling oil prices.
26 Mar 20Somalia has been successfully granted debt relief by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as it looks to ease its $5.2bn debt.
24 Mar 20The US has reduced the amount of aid it will send to Afghanistan this year by $1bn, in response to politicians’ failure to agree a unity government.
