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13 Jun 18
Climate financing by the world’s biggest multilateral development banks has hit a seven-year high of $35.2bn in 2017.
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12 Jun 18
Green finance could be used to help meet America’s substantial infrastructure funding requirements, writes Michael Ferguson of S&P Global Ratings.
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12 Jun 18
Nigeria’s government has been urged by a non-governmental organisation to hasten implementation of the delayed 2018 budget and ensure it improves welfare.
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12 Jun 18
The European Union has proposed a new €1.26m programme to help young citizens of the bloc support communities in need.
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12 Jun 18
Bangladesh must boost investment to ease infrastructure bottlenecks if it is to maintain progress towards becoming a middle-income economy, the IMF has said.
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11 Jun 18
Guatemala must boost spending on social protection and infrastructure in order to help more citizens escape poverty, says the IMF.
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11 Jun 18
The G7 countries will provide nearly $3bn to fund education for the world’s poorest women and girls, Canada’s prime minister has announced.
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11 Jun 18
Local authorities in the UK are demanding their government clarifies how it will fund infrastructure after they lose billions of pounds from the European Investment Bank following Brexit.
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8 Jun 18
The Asian Development Bank is lending Indonesia $1bn to strengthen reforms to public financial management and bring it in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
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7 Jun 18
The European Commission has announced £35.1m in emergency aid to help thousands of people affected by the severe economic crisis in Venezuela.
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7 Jun 18
The Asian Development Bank will provide more than $1bn to Pacific countries to help them prepare for a “renewable energy future” by 2021, it has announced.
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7 Jun 18
A new £9.8m project to improve education by bringing together teachers from around the world has been launched today.
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6 Jun 18
Gender budgeting decisions should not be left to finance ministries alone but taken by local governments, state-owned enterprises or line ministries, a public finance expert has told PF International.
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6 Jun 18
Thailand must implement structural reforms to achieve “broad-based” economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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6 Jun 18
Countries are being advised to use official development assistance to support waste-collection services around the world in the battle against plastic pollution.
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6 Jun 18
The new government of Barbados has launched emergency plans to deal with the country’s economic crisis and restructure public debt in the hope of achieving financial stability.
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5 Jun 18
UK official development assistance should be more focused on helping the world’s poorest people, MPs have urged today.
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4 Jun 18
The World Bank is to fund a project aimed at improving public financial management in the West Bank and Gaza that it is hoped will drive private investment.
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4 Jun 18
The prime minister of Jordan has resigned after days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures.
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4 Jun 18
The Asian Development Bank has awarded loans worth $195m to help Papua New Guinea deliver affordable and high-quality health services.
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4 Jun 18
The richest countries in the world spend more than $100bn a year on subsidies to support oil, coal and gas, a study has found.
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1 Jun 18
Global reforms are needed to ensure the current strength of the worldwide economy is sustainable as risks are looming, the OECD has warned.
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31 May 18
Countries around the world lost out on $160trn in 2014 because of the differences in earnings between men and women, according to the World Bank.
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31 May 18
The European Union has released €40m in humanitarian aid for Bangladesh and Myanmar in support of the Rohingya people.
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30 May 18
Governments and local authorities need to be more innovative to meet the need for housing, an OECD panel has heard.