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19 Sep 16
Governments around the world contributed to the largest single pledge to a global health project on Saturday, after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria received nearly $13bn in...
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16 Sep 16
The European Union has spent at least €17bn ($19bn) on beefed-up border security and deterrents that only push migrants to find more hidden and dangerous routes into the region, the Overseas...
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15 Sep 16
British MPs have quizzed Priti Patel, the country’s new secretary of state for international development, over her remarks that sparked concern about the future of one of the world’s leading aid...
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13 Sep 16
Pre-accession assistance supplied by the European Union to the Western Balkans worth more than €1bn has been only “partly effective”, auditors have concluded, despite noteworthy efforts from the...
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12 Sep 16
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the New Development Bank, formed two years ago by the BRICS nations.
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12 Sep 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said Laos must maintain “the momentum of fiscal consolidation” to safeguard its transition to a lower-middle income country.
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7 Sep 16
A United Nations report has unveiled the “staggering” cost of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, where the economy might otherwise be twice its current size.
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6 Sep 16
The international community is failing to achieve major global education targets with the poorest nations worst effected, according to UNESCO.
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6 Sep 16
The impact of European Union support proffered to Montenegro to help it work towards joining the bloc has been muted due to a lack of commitment to reform by the country’s government, the European...
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5 Sep 16
The Asian Development Bank has raised a further $104m through an additional issue of offshore Indian Rupee-denominated bonds, its biggest Indian rupee issuance to date.
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2 Sep 16
The €782m of EU aid intended to strengthen public administration in Moldova has had minimal effects, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
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2 Sep 16
Mayors from megacities around the world have called on the G20 to take immediate measures to combat climate change and make the historic Paris climate accord a reality.
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2 Sep 16
Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is the mysterious unnamed official cited as a key figure in the billion-dollar looting of the country’s wealth fund, according to a senior member of his own...
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1 Sep 16
Internationalism is not a spent force but a crucial response to global economic challenges, according to the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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31 Aug 16
A project to improve the quality of external sector statistics in Central and West Africa has been launched by the International Monetary Fund.
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24 Aug 16
The World Bank has refused a staff request to overhaul its leadership selection process as current president Jim Yong Kim sets his eyes on a second five-year term.
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24 Aug 16
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has underscored a critical shortfall in funding as it prepares for a significant anticipated displacement of people when pro-government Iraqi forces attempt...
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23 Aug 16
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $810m loan to develop Pakistan’s power transmission system, it was announced today.
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23 Aug 16
A mega project to pipe gas from Azerbaijan to Europe both rewards an autocratic regime and promotes a misleading energy model
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22 Aug 16
An African monetary union is currently unfeasible due to the commodity price crash and external shocks to economies across the continent, a group of central bankers has said.
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19 Aug 16
The United Nations has made its first public admission of blame for its role in a cholera outbreak that took hold in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake in 2010, and has since killed around...
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18 Aug 16
South Sudan’s former vice president and rebel leader fled the country amid the most recent surge in violence last month, his aides have confirmed.
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17 Aug 16
Around 200,000 refugees in Uganda are to have their aid halved as funding shortages and increased arrivals from South Sudan force the aid operation to focus only on those with the greatest need.
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17 Aug 16
One of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns ever attempted in Africa gets underway this week in a last-ditch effort to halt an outbreak of yellow fever that it’s feared could spread across the...
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16 Aug 16
Public funding for skills development initiatives should be tied to the programme’s labour market outcomes, the director of strategy and operations at the human development practice in the World Bank...
19 Sep 16Governments around the world contributed to the largest single pledge to a global health project on Saturday, after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria received nearly $13bn in...
16 Sep 16The European Union has spent at least €17bn ($19bn) on beefed-up border security and deterrents that only push migrants to find more hidden and dangerous routes into the region, the Overseas...
15 Sep 16British MPs have quizzed Priti Patel, the country’s new secretary of state for international development, over her remarks that sparked concern about the future of one of the world’s leading aid...
13 Sep 16Pre-accession assistance supplied by the European Union to the Western Balkans worth more than €1bn has been only “partly effective”, auditors have concluded, despite noteworthy efforts from the...
12 Sep 16A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the New Development Bank, formed two years ago by the BRICS nations.
12 Sep 16International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said Laos must maintain “the momentum of fiscal consolidation” to safeguard its transition to a lower-middle income country.
7 Sep 16A United Nations report has unveiled the “staggering” cost of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, where the economy might otherwise be twice its current size.
6 Sep 16The international community is failing to achieve major global education targets with the poorest nations worst effected, according to UNESCO.
5 Sep 16The Asian Development Bank has raised a further $104m through an additional issue of offshore Indian Rupee-denominated bonds, its biggest Indian rupee issuance to date.
2 Sep 16The €782m of EU aid intended to strengthen public administration in Moldova has had minimal effects, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
2 Sep 16Mayors from megacities around the world have called on the G20 to take immediate measures to combat climate change and make the historic Paris climate accord a reality.
2 Sep 16Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is the mysterious unnamed official cited as a key figure in the billion-dollar looting of the country’s wealth fund, according to a senior member of his own...
1 Sep 16Internationalism is not a spent force but a crucial response to global economic challenges, according to the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
31 Aug 16A project to improve the quality of external sector statistics in Central and West Africa has been launched by the International Monetary Fund.
24 Aug 16The World Bank has refused a staff request to overhaul its leadership selection process as current president Jim Yong Kim sets his eyes on a second five-year term.
24 Aug 16The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has underscored a critical shortfall in funding as it prepares for a significant anticipated displacement of people when pro-government Iraqi forces attempt...
23 Aug 16The Asian Development Bank has approved a $810m loan to develop Pakistan’s power transmission system, it was announced today.
23 Aug 16A mega project to pipe gas from Azerbaijan to Europe both rewards an autocratic regime and promotes a misleading energy model
22 Aug 16An African monetary union is currently unfeasible due to the commodity price crash and external shocks to economies across the continent, a group of central bankers has said.
19 Aug 16The United Nations has made its first public admission of blame for its role in a cholera outbreak that took hold in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake in 2010, and has since killed around...
18 Aug 16South Sudan’s former vice president and rebel leader fled the country amid the most recent surge in violence last month, his aides have confirmed.
17 Aug 16Around 200,000 refugees in Uganda are to have their aid halved as funding shortages and increased arrivals from South Sudan force the aid operation to focus only on those with the greatest need.
17 Aug 16One of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns ever attempted in Africa gets underway this week in a last-ditch effort to halt an outbreak of yellow fever that it’s feared could spread across the...
16 Aug 16Public funding for skills development initiatives should be tied to the programme’s labour market outcomes, the director of strategy and operations at the human development practice in the World Bank...
