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15 Mar 24
Sovereign wealth funds are increasing climate change scrutiny
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8 Mar 24
Chatham House urges international community to step up after police force resignations
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8 Mar 24
Earthquakes and restrictions caused serious damage, ‘Taliban’ government calls for talks
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1 Mar 24
The UN has called on governments to invest in equality to get a return on a range of issues from reduced violence to climate change.
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13 Feb 24
Three loans will finance Colombia’s programme of social and development reforms, with policies aiming to address inequality, protect the environment and maintain peace with militant groups.
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19 Jan 24
Could San Francisco be facing a ‘doom loop’ of its own making? And what are the lessons for other cities? PF investigates.
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15 Dec 23
Surging interest rates pushed the cost of servicing many of the poorest countries’ debts last year to a record $443.5bn, World Bank figures have shown.
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28 Nov 23
Business as usual not an option, says World Bank.
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20 Nov 23
Partnerships with countries not ‘closed shop’ says FCDO.
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14 Nov 23
Oman’s decision not to compete with its neighbours is paying dividends, writes international consultant Robert Ravelli.
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10 Nov 23
Millions of Thai people will receive 10,000 baht (£228) from the government in a move the prime minister hopes will boost the country’s sluggish economy.
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7 Nov 23
The Middle East conflict is again setting the global agenda. But post-oil economies are changing the region, too.
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24 Oct 23
Reform could push Romania’s national income up by nearly three times in 30 years, and it can do so while the government continues to meet its climate targets, the World Bank has insisted.
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13 Oct 23
“Understandable” frustration from the Global South because of an unfair economic system is risking progress towards a better world, the head of the World Bank has said.
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6 Oct 23
Declining growth in the Middle-East and North Africa will hit livelihoods and hurt long-term development, World Bank economists have said.
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3 Oct 23
Most countries in South Asia will not become ‘high-income’ economies within a generation because the region is not growing fast enough, according to the World Bank.
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29 Sep 23
Financial support from Switzerland and the US will help supreme audit institutions improve public financial management and accountability in developing countries.
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22 Sep 23
Poor countries cannot fund it and pay debts, report warns
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21 Sep 23
Major economies urged to help developing nations
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15 Sep 23
One in six children worldwide lives in extreme poverty and at the current rate the commitment to reduce that to zero by the end of this decade will be missed.
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8 Sep 23
Providing emerging markets with $15bn of grants and concessional loans would help “unlock” offshore wind accelerating progress on net zero, the World Bank has said.
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25 Aug 23
Governments shielding households and businesses from the spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant environmentally harmful fossil fuels were subsidised at their highest ever...
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20 Jun 23
Finance ministries have an important part to play in dealing with the climate crisis, a group of ministers have said as they publish a guide for embedding green considerations into financial decision...
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13 Jun 23
The European Union has agreed a package of more than €1bn with Tunisia containing significant support for the latter’s border controls, as well as finance linking to other areas of reform.
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9 Jun 23
The wide scope of European Union development spending in other countries could limit the programme’s impact, the bloc’s spending watchdog has warned.