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28 Jun 22
The Voting power of an ageing population means governments are making bad long-term economic decisions for short-term electoral gain.
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21 Jun 22
Annual investment of $25bn for the next decade would allow Africa to meet its energy goals and reverse current backsliding on energy access, the International Energy Agency has said, calling for...
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10 Jun 22
Social housing providers face a major challenge: how to use private debt to fund new homes while investing in their existing stock.
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12 May 22
OECD countries are close to meeting just a quarter of measurable targets under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, with the 2030 deadline looming.
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12 Apr 22
International aid rose to a record $179bn in 2021 as developed countries increased their efforts to help their developing counterparts deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, OECD figures have shown.
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4 Apr 22
The UK government reduced its aid spending so quickly that officials do not know the effect the cuts will have on long-term value for money of aid projects, according to spending watchdog the...
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1 Apr 22
Soaring inflation stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could force Asia Pacific to issue more debt to fund increased spending, putting pressures on finances, according to ratings agency S&...
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1 Apr 22
Sustaining China’s unprecedented success in ending extreme poverty will need “vigorous measures” revitalising the country’s rural areas, the World Bank has said.
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30 Mar 22
International Monetary Fund staff have agreed a $470m deal with Mozambique – the first programme since the US-based lender suspended the African country six years ago following a corruption scandal.
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23 Mar 22
The Iranian finance minister has promised to cut spending and reform government institutions in order to foster better financial discipline, in a country whose economy has been beaten by sanctions.
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22 Mar 22
The European Union is considering setting up a fund to “provide basic services and meet citizens’ immediate needs” in the face of the ongoing invasion by Russian troops, a top official has said.
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21 Mar 22
The African Development Bank secured a “simply incredible” near-$33bn of investments for projects on the continent during a three-day investment forum.
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14 Mar 22
A multilateral development bank in the 1960s by communist countries has seen its credit rating slashed to junk status, after five European Union nations announced plans to withdraw their...
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11 Mar 22
Countries in the Southern African Customs Union need to get a grip on persistently high inequality in order to give people better life chances, a World Bank report has urged.
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10 Feb 22
European Union development spending has succeeded in reducing some of the development disparity between the bloc’s regions, a report has found.
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8 Feb 22
The public sector has an opportunity to finance projects targeting better societal equality and climate risks through social bonds, market analysts have said.
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24 Jan 22
The European Commission and Canada are set to provide more than £1bn in loans grants to Ukraine, to help ward off the threat of Russian hostility.
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20 Jan 22
Young Spanish people will be paid €250 per month to help them move out of their parent’s homes amid a housing crisis that has left many unable to afford rent by themselves.
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14 Jan 22
Kazakhstan’s president announced he will set up a public fund to help improve the lives of the country’s poor in the wake of recent violent unrest.
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13 Jan 22
Global growth is slowing amid renewed waves of Covid-19 cases and high inflation, the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report has warned.
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10 Dec 21
Social protection programmes in Pakistan will benefit from $603m from the Asian Development Bank, as the government tries to implement its national anti-poverty strategy.
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2 Dec 21
Some countries’ post-COP26 plans to end financing for natural gas exploration would only serve to increase the “injustice” felt by Africa, the president of Senegal has told a summit.
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23 Nov 21
Could natural capital accounting measures encourage more forest-friendly farming practices and help reduce global deforestation? Maurice Bryson, sustainable finance analyst at S&P Global Ratings...
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16 Nov 21
The Lebanese government has not responded with enough urgency to tackle the economic crisis which has engulfed the nation, according to a United Nations envoy.
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12 Nov 21
South Africa’s finance minister has signalled that he will not boost welfare spending in next year’s budget despite recognising the part inequality played in devastating riots several months ago.