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20 Jun 17
There is a clear link between disability and poverty, so we need a better way of tracking aid spending in this area. Disability markers could do this
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16 Jun 17
The US’s planned cuts to foreign aid would have “life and death consequences” and harm American interests, according to a coalition of aid and health NGOs.
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15 Jun 17
Governments around the world must do more to support Uganda and other nations shouldering the greatest burden from South Sudan’s refugee exodus, a newly formed council for refugees has stressed.
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
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12 Jun 17
The African Development Bank is to work with the continent’s central banks to help reduce the high levels of capital pouring out of Africa.
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12 Jun 17
India has offered tax cuts as a sweetener to those opposing one of the country’s biggest ever tax reforms, due to be rolled out in three week’s time.
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7 Jun 17
More investment in infrastructure and good governance will be key to Cambodia’s continuing economic success, according to the International Monetary Fund’s deputy managing director.
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7 Jun 17
Aid to education is stagnating, according to United Nations cultural agency Unesco, which has highlighted that funding allocated to the sector fell for the sixth year in a row in 2015.
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2 Jun 17
Leaders from around the world have roundly condemned US president Donald Trump’s decision to pull one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases out of a landmark global agreement to curb...
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1 Jun 17
Growing “peace inequality” is seeing violence, conflict and insecurity – and the human and economic costs of these – increasingly concentrated in a handful of countries.
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31 May 17
The Philippines is at a critical juncture in its urbanisation process, which has driven growth but could see this slow due to poor infrastructure and complicated regulations.
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26 May 17
A climate risk insurance instrument backed by a number of global institutions failed Malawi when the country most needed it, ActionAid has said.
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25 May 17
The majority of countries are still chronically underprepared for disease pandemics, with a working group on the issue dubbing this short-sighted, bad economics.
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24 May 17
US president Donald Trump has proposed dramatic cuts to the US’s overseas aid spending in his budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
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24 May 17
Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is to become director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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24 May 17
African nations are subsiding countries far richer than they, research by a group of development charities has found.
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23 May 17
The African Development Bank’s group president has made an economic case for investment in action against malnutrition.
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19 May 17
More innovative approaches could be key to tackling the scourge of corruption in Nigeria, a report by Chatham House has concluded.
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17 May 17
The US has significantly expanded its policy of refusing aid to organisations that provide abortion or offer advice and information on it. It will now affect $8.8bn worth of funding rather than $600m...
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17 May 17
Jordan cut its combined public sector deficit by 3.3 percentage points between 2015 and 2016, the International Monetary Fund has found.
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17 May 17
How the small island territory of Puerto Rico found itself at the centre of the US’s biggest ever public bankruptcy process, and why this might not be enough to solve the island’s problems for good
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16 May 17
The relationship between inequality is not uniform – it depends where in the world you look
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15 May 17
China has pledged to spend over $120bn in support of its ambitious development plan centred on building trade and connectivity infrastructure across Asia, Africa and Europe.
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12 May 17
UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
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10 May 17
The US has suspended $21m in aid to Kenya’s Ministry of Health due to concerns over “weak accounting procedures”.
20 Jun 17There is a clear link between disability and poverty, so we need a better way of tracking aid spending in this area. Disability markers could do this
16 Jun 17The US’s planned cuts to foreign aid would have “life and death consequences” and harm American interests, according to a coalition of aid and health NGOs.
15 Jun 17Governments around the world must do more to support Uganda and other nations shouldering the greatest burden from South Sudan’s refugee exodus, a newly formed council for refugees has stressed.
14 Jun 17The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
12 Jun 17The African Development Bank is to work with the continent’s central banks to help reduce the high levels of capital pouring out of Africa.
12 Jun 17India has offered tax cuts as a sweetener to those opposing one of the country’s biggest ever tax reforms, due to be rolled out in three week’s time.
7 Jun 17More investment in infrastructure and good governance will be key to Cambodia’s continuing economic success, according to the International Monetary Fund’s deputy managing director.
7 Jun 17Aid to education is stagnating, according to United Nations cultural agency Unesco, which has highlighted that funding allocated to the sector fell for the sixth year in a row in 2015.
2 Jun 17Leaders from around the world have roundly condemned US president Donald Trump’s decision to pull one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases out of a landmark global agreement to curb...
1 Jun 17Growing “peace inequality” is seeing violence, conflict and insecurity – and the human and economic costs of these – increasingly concentrated in a handful of countries.
31 May 17The Philippines is at a critical juncture in its urbanisation process, which has driven growth but could see this slow due to poor infrastructure and complicated regulations.
26 May 17A climate risk insurance instrument backed by a number of global institutions failed Malawi when the country most needed it, ActionAid has said.
25 May 17The majority of countries are still chronically underprepared for disease pandemics, with a working group on the issue dubbing this short-sighted, bad economics.
24 May 17US president Donald Trump has proposed dramatic cuts to the US’s overseas aid spending in his budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
24 May 17Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is to become director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
24 May 17African nations are subsiding countries far richer than they, research by a group of development charities has found.
23 May 17The African Development Bank’s group president has made an economic case for investment in action against malnutrition.
19 May 17More innovative approaches could be key to tackling the scourge of corruption in Nigeria, a report by Chatham House has concluded.
17 May 17The US has significantly expanded its policy of refusing aid to organisations that provide abortion or offer advice and information on it. It will now affect $8.8bn worth of funding rather than $600m...
17 May 17Jordan cut its combined public sector deficit by 3.3 percentage points between 2015 and 2016, the International Monetary Fund has found.
17 May 17How the small island territory of Puerto Rico found itself at the centre of the US’s biggest ever public bankruptcy process, and why this might not be enough to solve the island’s problems for good
16 May 17The relationship between inequality is not uniform – it depends where in the world you look
15 May 17China has pledged to spend over $120bn in support of its ambitious development plan centred on building trade and connectivity infrastructure across Asia, Africa and Europe.
12 May 17UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
10 May 17The US has suspended $21m in aid to Kenya’s Ministry of Health due to concerns over “weak accounting procedures”.
