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27 Jul 17
Uganda has a shortfall of nearly $1.4bn in financing per year, equivalent to 6.5% of its gross domestic product, the World Bank has said.
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26 Jul 17
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has called for a regional project information hub to stimulate investment in Africa.
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24 Jul 17
South Africa’s economy has registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years but needs wide-ranging structural reforms to revive economic growth, a report from the Organisation for Economic...
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21 Jul 17
The European Union is to support rural development projects in Colombia as part of efforts to ensure that the country’s peace deal holds between the government and former guerrillas.
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20 Jul 17
Cameroon can become an emerging economy by 2035, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
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19 Jul 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $526m multitranche financing facility for infrastructure investments in Bangladesh.
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19 Jul 17
Mineral-rich countries in South America, Africa and Asia have an opportunity to prosper from the ongoing boom in low-carbon energy technologies, a World Bank study has found.
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18 Jul 17
Angola should reform its education system to give students better value and match what is taught to the needs of the labour market, an African Development Bank report has said.
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18 Jul 17
Progress on many of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) is too slow to meet the 2030 implementation target, a report for UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.
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18 Jul 17
The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
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11 Jul 17
The latest G20 summit in Hamburg achieved very little and left anti-poverty campaigners feeling frustrated
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10 Jul 17
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced a revised four-year strategy for Kazakhstan, which is intended to balance the roles of the private and public sectors.
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10 Jul 17
The British prime minister has announced a multi-million pound package of support for wealth creation in Africa.
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9 Jul 17
The world must respond to child marriage and adolescent pregnancy with the same urgency it showed in the fight against HIV, the Overseas Development Institute has warned.
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4 Jul 17
The president of the Asian Development Bank has pledged $10bn to support India’s low-income states and its first economic corridor.
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4 Jul 17
Suriname is to receive a $40m investment loan to help it increase tax revenue and improve its public spending.
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30 Jun 17
The African Development Bank has called on financial markets to do more to help small and medium-sized businesses in Africa.
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30 Jun 17
Dutch funding for development is at risk from cuts as well as the reclassification of refugee costs and climate finance as official development assistance (ODA), the OECD has warned.
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29 Jun 17
One of the world’s only operational development impact bonds has delivered strong results in its second year, in some cases exceeding its targets, according to its architects.
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27 Jun 17
The UK government has pledged to expand zero- or reduced-tariff trading relationships with developing countries post-Brexit.
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26 Jun 17
Developing countries looking to better protect their tax bases can access support through a toolkit backed by the International Monetary Fund, OECD, UN and World Bank.
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23 Jun 17
The UK’s aid watchdog has said the country’s £185m in support for Somalia last year delivered “significant achievements”.
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22 Jun 17
The UK is to spend £75m ($95m) on tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean over the next three years, prime minister Theresa May will announce tomorrow.
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21 Jun 17
Global humanitarian aid grew at a slower pace than it has done in three years in 2016, despite continued increases in need around the world.
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20 Jun 17
A data portal, launched today to coincide with World Refugee Day, can help governments better allocate aid resources to the world’s 65 million displaced people.