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19 Apr 16
China is by far the largest new international aid donor, accounting for 70% of non-traditional funds for some of the world’s poorest countries, a report by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has...
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18 Apr 16
Global development banks have agreed a plan for “unprecedented” cooperation to help close the world’s trillion dollar infrastructure gap following the first ever Global Infrastructure Forum.
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18 Apr 16
The South American nation of Suriname is set to receive a support package worth $478m from the International Monetary Fund intended to help its economy pull out of recession.
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18 Apr 16
More than $1bn of financial support was pledged by donors on Friday to help Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon.
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15 Apr 16
Childhood malnutrition and stunting should be treated as a development and economic emergency, the World Bank and UNICEF said as they urged world leaders to step up their investments in nutrition.
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15 Apr 16
Tunisia has made further progress towards a $2.8bn support package from the International Monetary Fund, which now only needs approval from the fund’s executive board.
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14 Apr 16
The World Bank has announced it will spend $2.5bn on education projects targeting adolescent girls over the next five years.
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14 Apr 16
Developing countries could be missing out on substantial tax revenues as a result of ill-suited tax policies, research from the International Growth Centre based at the London School of Economics has...
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14 Apr 16
The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has struck a deal to work with the World Bank after opening for business earlier this year.
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13 Apr 16
Donor countries spent $12bn of aid money on refugees hosted in their own countries last year, almost double the amount spent in 2014, according to figures released by the OECD today.
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13 Apr 16
Some of the world’s largest and most influential aid donors are still falling far short of transparency standards, according to the 2016 Aid Transparency Index, published today.
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12 Apr 16
Demand for World Bank cash has risen to unprecedented levels outside of a financial crisis as developing countries struggle with a sluggish global economy.
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12 Apr 16
Resistance to radical change within the United Nations and other large NGOs is hampering the ability of the humanitarian system to help victims of modern crises, the Overseas Development Institute...
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11 Apr 16
European Union aid aimed at encouraging regional integration in Africa is poorly managed and badly targeted, according to the by the European Centre for Development Policy Management.
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11 Apr 16
Corruption, dirty resources and inequality are among the outcomes of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s investments over the past two decades, according to an environmental...
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11 Apr 16
Sub-Saharan African companies that make use of tax havens are a top destination for World Bank money, analysis by Oxfam has revealed.
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8 Apr 16
Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao has announced he intends to stand for re-election to the role.
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8 Apr 16
The World Bank has outlined how it plans to uphold a pledge to scale up its annual investments in tackling climate change by one third in a new Climate Action Plan.
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8 Apr 16
A $200m investment agreement has been signed for the initial funding of a pipeline that will deliver 33 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually from Turkmenistan all the way through to India.
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7 Apr 16
America’s international development agency USAID has announced nearly $139m worth of humanitarian aid for war-torn Yemen, often dubbed the world’s largest forgotten emergency.
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7 Apr 16
Somalia and Angola have both begun discussions with the International Monetary Fund for support as their economies struggle under the weight of tumbling oil prices and insecurity respectively.
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6 Apr 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has called on world leaders to focus on boosting developing countries’ economies to “pull the roots” of extremism and prevent future refugee crises.
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6 Apr 16
The International Monetary Fund has welcomed Rwanda’s plans to shelve non-priority spending and dampen demand for imports as low commodity prices deal a hard blow to revenues.
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6 Apr 16
The European Commission has announced a €100m development package to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement in Sudan.
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6 Apr 16
Health needs from humanitarian emergencies have hit an “all-time high” according to the World Health Organisation, which is appealing for $2.2bn for its work in 2016.
19 Apr 16China is by far the largest new international aid donor, accounting for 70% of non-traditional funds for some of the world’s poorest countries, a report by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has...
18 Apr 16Global development banks have agreed a plan for “unprecedented” cooperation to help close the world’s trillion dollar infrastructure gap following the first ever Global Infrastructure Forum.
18 Apr 16The South American nation of Suriname is set to receive a support package worth $478m from the International Monetary Fund intended to help its economy pull out of recession.
18 Apr 16More than $1bn of financial support was pledged by donors on Friday to help Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon.
15 Apr 16Childhood malnutrition and stunting should be treated as a development and economic emergency, the World Bank and UNICEF said as they urged world leaders to step up their investments in nutrition.
15 Apr 16Tunisia has made further progress towards a $2.8bn support package from the International Monetary Fund, which now only needs approval from the fund’s executive board.
14 Apr 16The World Bank has announced it will spend $2.5bn on education projects targeting adolescent girls over the next five years.
14 Apr 16Developing countries could be missing out on substantial tax revenues as a result of ill-suited tax policies, research from the International Growth Centre based at the London School of Economics has...
14 Apr 16The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has struck a deal to work with the World Bank after opening for business earlier this year.
13 Apr 16Donor countries spent $12bn of aid money on refugees hosted in their own countries last year, almost double the amount spent in 2014, according to figures released by the OECD today.
13 Apr 16Some of the world’s largest and most influential aid donors are still falling far short of transparency standards, according to the 2016 Aid Transparency Index, published today.
12 Apr 16Demand for World Bank cash has risen to unprecedented levels outside of a financial crisis as developing countries struggle with a sluggish global economy.
12 Apr 16Resistance to radical change within the United Nations and other large NGOs is hampering the ability of the humanitarian system to help victims of modern crises, the Overseas Development Institute...
11 Apr 16European Union aid aimed at encouraging regional integration in Africa is poorly managed and badly targeted, according to the by the European Centre for Development Policy Management.
11 Apr 16Corruption, dirty resources and inequality are among the outcomes of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s investments over the past two decades, according to an environmental...![Port Louis, Mauritius. The tropical island is often used for "round-tripping" to secure tax breaks on investments](https://www.publicfinancefocus.org/sites/default/files/styles/pf_square/public/web_portlouis_istock_000023397453_large.jpg?itok=dvYrMo5E "Port Louis, Mauritius. The tropical island is often used for "round-tripping" to secure tax breaks on investments")
11 Apr 16Sub-Saharan African companies that make use of tax havens are a top destination for World Bank money, analysis by Oxfam has revealed.
8 Apr 16Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao has announced he intends to stand for re-election to the role.
8 Apr 16The World Bank has outlined how it plans to uphold a pledge to scale up its annual investments in tackling climate change by one third in a new Climate Action Plan.
8 Apr 16A $200m investment agreement has been signed for the initial funding of a pipeline that will deliver 33 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually from Turkmenistan all the way through to India.
7 Apr 16America’s international development agency USAID has announced nearly $139m worth of humanitarian aid for war-torn Yemen, often dubbed the world’s largest forgotten emergency.
7 Apr 16Somalia and Angola have both begun discussions with the International Monetary Fund for support as their economies struggle under the weight of tumbling oil prices and insecurity respectively.
6 Apr 16World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has called on world leaders to focus on boosting developing countries’ economies to “pull the roots” of extremism and prevent future refugee crises.
6 Apr 16The International Monetary Fund has welcomed Rwanda’s plans to shelve non-priority spending and dampen demand for imports as low commodity prices deal a hard blow to revenues.
6 Apr 16The European Commission has announced a €100m development package to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement in Sudan.
6 Apr 16Health needs from humanitarian emergencies have hit an “all-time high” according to the World Health Organisation, which is appealing for $2.2bn for its work in 2016.
