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16 Apr 18
South Asia is once again the fastest growing region in world thanks to India’s economic recovery, the World Bank has said.
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16 Apr 18
The World Bank is to invest $500m in education reforms in Egypt, expanding access to early years education and making greater use of technical innovations.
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16 Apr 18
European Union investments in business have not led to durable and long-lasting success in around a fifth of cases, auditors have found.
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13 Apr 18
Commonwealth member states must create 50,000 jobs every day to provide work for the growing number of young people seeking work, the Overseas Development Institute has said.
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12 Apr 18
UK overseas aid will be diverted away from “governments who can afford to, yet choose not to, invest in their own people”, international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.
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11 Apr 18
The World Bank has called for action to bring down poverty rates in the Philippines’ Mindanao province, which accounts for one-third of the country’s poor but only a quarter of its population.
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11 Apr 18
The African Development Bank is to prepare an aviation strategy to set out how the new Single African Air Transport Market can help to drive growth.
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10 Apr 18
Foreign aid from official donors totalled $146.6bn in 2017, a decrease of 0.6% from 2016 in real terms, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has reported.
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10 Apr 18
The island’s new leader should ignore the doom merchants and make a virtue of its mixed economy, writes Gavin O’Toole.
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9 Apr 18
The Islamic Development Bank has launched a $500m innovation fund to fuel economic growth in developing nations.
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9 Apr 18
Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1% this year the World Bank has said, marking the country’s best economic performance since 2012.
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9 Apr 18
Regaining citizens’ trust in public institutions is key to resuming inclusive growth and wellbeing in Latin America and the Caribbean, a report by international development bodies has found.
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6 Apr 18
The European Union has announced €150m to support of Lebanon’s economy, which it hopes will generate €1.5bn in loans for the country until 2020.
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6 Apr 18
The EU budget should be more sustainable so it can better address long-term challenges, such as climate change, a European climate network has said.
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4 Apr 18
The Asian Development Bank and the government of Mongolia have signed agreements worth $207m to help improve air quality, education and inclusiveness.
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3 Apr 18
Technology is the key that will drive forward green projects in the Asian countries connected by the Mekong River, argues Asian Development Bank’s Pavit Ramachandran.
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3 Apr 18
The World Bank has provided Pakistan with $145m to help make home-ownership more accessible and affordable in the country.
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3 Apr 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100m results-based loan to help the Sri Lankan government enhance employment skills to support productivity and economic diversification.
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29 Mar 18
Agriculture must play a central part in boosting Somalia’s economy and alleviating poverty, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have said.
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29 Mar 18
The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
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27 Mar 18
The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
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23 Mar 18
The African Development Bank is to give a $30m loan to support the “innovation economy” in Rwanda and help unlock growth.
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21 Mar 18
Developing country debt payments have increased by 60% in three years, marking the highest level since 2004, figures have revealed.
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20 Mar 18
The Indian government sees artificial intelligence as a way to boost the economy - a ‘game changer’. But the change might not be for the good, warns Chatham House’s Urvashi Aneja.
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20 Mar 18
China is to form an international development cooperation agency to enhance planning and coordination of foreign aid, it has been widely reported in a number of media outlets.
16 Apr 18South Asia is once again the fastest growing region in world thanks to India’s economic recovery, the World Bank has said.
16 Apr 18The World Bank is to invest $500m in education reforms in Egypt, expanding access to early years education and making greater use of technical innovations.
16 Apr 18European Union investments in business have not led to durable and long-lasting success in around a fifth of cases, auditors have found.
12 Apr 18UK overseas aid will be diverted away from “governments who can afford to, yet choose not to, invest in their own people”, international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.
11 Apr 18The World Bank has called for action to bring down poverty rates in the Philippines’ Mindanao province, which accounts for one-third of the country’s poor but only a quarter of its population.
11 Apr 18The African Development Bank is to prepare an aviation strategy to set out how the new Single African Air Transport Market can help to drive growth.
10 Apr 18Foreign aid from official donors totalled $146.6bn in 2017, a decrease of 0.6% from 2016 in real terms, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has reported.
10 Apr 18The island’s new leader should ignore the doom merchants and make a virtue of its mixed economy, writes Gavin O’Toole.
9 Apr 18The Islamic Development Bank has launched a $500m innovation fund to fuel economic growth in developing nations.
9 Apr 18Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1% this year the World Bank has said, marking the country’s best economic performance since 2012.
9 Apr 18Regaining citizens’ trust in public institutions is key to resuming inclusive growth and wellbeing in Latin America and the Caribbean, a report by international development bodies has found.
6 Apr 18The European Union has announced €150m to support of Lebanon’s economy, which it hopes will generate €1.5bn in loans for the country until 2020.
6 Apr 18The EU budget should be more sustainable so it can better address long-term challenges, such as climate change, a European climate network has said.
4 Apr 18The Asian Development Bank and the government of Mongolia have signed agreements worth $207m to help improve air quality, education and inclusiveness.
3 Apr 18Technology is the key that will drive forward green projects in the Asian countries connected by the Mekong River, argues Asian Development Bank’s Pavit Ramachandran.
3 Apr 18The World Bank has provided Pakistan with $145m to help make home-ownership more accessible and affordable in the country.
3 Apr 18The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100m results-based loan to help the Sri Lankan government enhance employment skills to support productivity and economic diversification.
29 Mar 18Agriculture must play a central part in boosting Somalia’s economy and alleviating poverty, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have said.
29 Mar 18The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
27 Mar 18The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
23 Mar 18The African Development Bank is to give a $30m loan to support the “innovation economy” in Rwanda and help unlock growth.
21 Mar 18Developing country debt payments have increased by 60% in three years, marking the highest level since 2004, figures have revealed.
20 Mar 18The Indian government sees artificial intelligence as a way to boost the economy - a ‘game changer’. But the change might not be for the good, warns Chatham House’s Urvashi Aneja.
20 Mar 18China is to form an international development cooperation agency to enhance planning and coordination of foreign aid, it has been widely reported in a number of media outlets.
