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7 Dec 17
The World Bank has approved a $1.15bn loan to help Egypt’s economy through reforms to strengthen public finances.
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6 Dec 17
The African Development Bank has approved a total of 2bn rand ($148m) in loans to support Namibia’s education and agriculture sectors.
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6 Dec 17
The Asian Development Bank will support the government of Azerbaijan in strengthening its public sector through $250m policy-based loans.
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5 Dec 17
The UK has suspended a multi-million pound aid project in Syria following allegations that money was reaching the hands of extremists.
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5 Dec 17
The UK has agreed to a long-term partnership to strengthen Jordan’s economy and has encouraged more donors to do the same.
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4 Dec 17
The expansion of the middle-class changes the game for policymakers in emerging economies: ignore them at your peril, says Angel Melguizo of the OECD Development Centre.
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1 Dec 17
The UK has vowed to “stamp out” modern slavery through a £40m aid package, the international development secretary has announced today.
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30 Nov 17
The European Commission and the African Development Bank have signed five co-financing agreements to support road infrastructure in West Africa.
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30 Nov 17
Development objectives need to come first in the EU’s new External Investment Plan and be backed by high levels of transparency, says Xavier Sol of Counter Balance.
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29 Nov 17
The Asian Development Bank has approved an additional $120m in loans to bring drinking water to urban areas of Sri Lanka.
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29 Nov 17
The Asian Development Bank will provide a $45m loan to help improve Uzbekistan’s healthcare.
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27 Nov 17
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $300m loan and a $500,000 technical assistance grant to support the Philippines’ financial sector reforms.
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24 Nov 17
The Asian Development Bank and the government of Indonesia will partner up to promote public-private partnerships in the transport sector.
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24 Nov 17
Digitalisation in government finance is losing the “arms race” as it is years behind its private counterparts, according to a professor from the London School of Economics.
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24 Nov 17
The African Development Bank has approved a loan of €112m for Tunisia road improvements.
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24 Nov 17
Advocates of blended finance say it is key to making a success of the SDGs, but the evidence might tell a different story, says Polly Meeks of Eurodad
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21 Nov 17
A group of 10 Southeast Asian nations needs more than $60bn to close the infrastructure gap in the region, a conference heard.
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14 Nov 17
The African Development Bank has approved a €71.56m loan to strengthen Tunisia’s public services through digitalisation.
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13 Nov 17
The World Health Organisation wants to triple the levels of international financial support to tackle climate change and associated health issues in small island developing states.
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6 Nov 17
The UK should double its aid spending on research and development to ensure post-Brexit Britain becomes a world technology leader, a think-tank has said.
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6 Nov 17
The investment conditions for Argentina’s $69bn infrastructure plan may become more predictable following the results of the country’s mid-term elections, says Candela Macchi.
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2 Nov 17
The economy of the eurozone grew by 2.5% over the year to September, the highest rate of growth since 2001, figures from the statistical office of the European Union found.
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2 Nov 17
Crisis-hit states will no longer be denied overseas development aid because they are too wealthy following a change to international rules approved by the OECD’s Development Assistance...
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2 Nov 17
The African Development Bank has approved €48m from the African Development Fund for reconstruction of the border road from Guinea to Sierra Leone.
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1 Nov 17
The Asian Development Bank has approved a new 5-year partnership to build a foundation for sustainable growth and poverty reduction in Afghanistan.