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1 Jul 16
Syria’s civil war has set the country’s economic, social and human development back by decades, leaving “monumental” challenges ahead, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
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30 Jun 16
All countries can learn from work to improve public financial management in fragile and conflict-afflicted states
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29 Jun 16
Four new financing instruments aimed at driving billions of dollars for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries are to be tested.
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29 Jun 16
Annual global infrastructure investment could be growing by 5% a year by 2020, despite a lacklustre commodities sector and slowing Chinese growth, finds a new report.
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28 Jun 16
The African Development Bank has identified five areas of focus that will help it accelerate Africa’s economic transformation.
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28 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $600m to help Pakistan reform its public sector, it was announced today.
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24 Jun 16
Directors of the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have today approved financing for the organisation’s first four projects, worth half a billion US dollars in total.
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23 Jun 16
Commencing commercial oil production in Uganda could drive the country’s socio-economic transformation if the proceeds are well managed, the World Bank has said.
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22 Jun 16
Refugees have a positive impact on the economies of their host communities, in particular when given cash transfers, a study conducted in Rwanda has found.
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22 Jun 16
Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
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22 Jun 16
The World Bank has approved $1.02bn worth of financing for Pakistan to support economic reforms and resilience in the country.
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22 Jun 16
Mayors from across the globe are to come together to fight climate change after the world’s largest coalition of cities committed to environmental leadership was launched today.
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21 Jun 16
Jordanian officials have reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a three-year programme to help the country’s economy deal with the fallout of conflicts at its borders.
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20 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank is set to promote more inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth in Vietnam, after the bank’s president commended the country’s performance and reforms.
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20 Jun 16
One in every 113 people in the world was a refugee in 2015, according to new figures released today by the United Nations’ refugee agency.
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17 Jun 16
Science and technology are critical to transforming agricultural efficiency in Africa, according to the head of the African Development Bank.
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17 Jun 16
Many efforts to replicate UK government initiatives around the world have failed. Donor-funded attempts to support public service reform must better match plans to local circumstances.
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16 Jun 16
Brexit would damage the economic and political interests of the entire Commonwealth and hinder international initiatives requiring global cooperation, the chief of the Commonwealth Local Government...
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15 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank has more than doubled its annual concessional lending for Myanmar as the country emerges from more than half a century of military rule.
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15 Jun 16
Fighting corruption requires renewed global coordination and more effective mechanisms that make use of novel technology, information and opportunities for openness, the World Bank’s managing...
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15 Jun 16
The 220 million people at risk of falling into poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean need a “resilience basket”, weaved from a new generation of public policies, the United Nations Development...
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14 Jun 16
Efforts to replicate successful UK reforms elsewhere often fail because global consultancies encourage their application without regard for local context, culture and capability, a UK think-tank has...
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13 Jun 16
A petition to end the UK’s commitment to spent 0.7% of national income on foreign aid is to be debated in the country’s parliament today.
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10 Jun 16
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has secured its first co-financing deal with the Asian Development Bank.
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9 Jun 16
The Venezuelan government has said it will begin distributing food directly to families in the capital Caracas as the country’s economic crisis brings hungry protestors out in droves every day.