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5 Apr 16
A new big data tool, launched today in the Philippines, looks set to help manage traffic flows in congested city streets across southeast Asia.
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4 Apr 16
The US development agency USAID has announced almost $68m worth of additional humanitarian aid for Sudan, which has the third highest prevalence of malnutrition worldwide.
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4 Apr 16
The African Development Bank has announced a $549m package to respond to severe drought across eastern and southern Africa.
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1 Apr 16
The monitoring of public money used to leverage private sector investment in development could be enhanced through greater harmonisation between different actors, delegates at the Overseas...
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1 Apr 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $228m loan to upgrade 172 kilometres of road that forms part of a trade route linking Kenya, Tanzania and South Sudan.
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31 Mar 16
The International Monetary Fund has announced it will close its office in Nicaragua in August as the country’s economy has stabilised following two decades of close supervision.
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31 Mar 16
The government of Sudan yesterday launched an online trading system for the country’s stock market, the Khartoum Stock Exchange, which it is hoped will strengthen the country’s financial governance...
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31 Mar 16
China blazed ahead of the rest of the world in terms of investment in renewable energy last year, spending a total of $103bn, or 36% of the world total.
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30 Mar 16
The World Health Organisation has announced that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constitutes an international public health emergency.
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30 Mar 16
Growth across Asia and the Pacific is set to slow this year and next year as a result of a continued weak recovery globally and softer prospects for China, according to the Asian Development Bank.
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30 Mar 16
The United Nations and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy have agreed to build a new, global municipal fiscal database that aims to improve sustainable urbanisation.
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24 Mar 16
The United Nations, World Bank and Islamic Development Bank are joining forces to raise additional finance and rally support for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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22 Mar 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced $250m to support the treatment of harmful industrial wastewater and sludge in China.
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22 Mar 16
Almost half of the world’s population will suffer severe water shortages if current levels of consumption and pollution continue, the United Nations Environment Programme has warned.
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22 Mar 16
Poland’s economy has made “remarkable progress” over the last 20 years and living standards are now converging with those in other high-income countries, however, the OECD said wide-ranging tax...
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22 Mar 16
Local public services in Indonesia stand to be improved after a “bottom up” model to spot problems and enact solutions was successfully tested.
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22 Mar 16
The UK’s new overseas aid strategy risks marginalising the historic focus on poverty reduction, the International Development Select Committee has warned.
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21 Mar 16
The World Bank has approved an almost half a billion dollar loan to improve the timeliness and quality of health care in Costa Rica and strengthen institutional efficiency.
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21 Mar 16
Investments to make Kenya’s forestry sector more efficient could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 27% over 2010 levels and bring economic benefits of $188m per year, the United Nations and Kenyan...
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21 Mar 16
China should prioritise reforms to open up its economy, reduce inequality and expand innovation on its “bumpy” transition to a new growth model, International Monetary Fund managing director...
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18 Mar 16
Two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Guinea, but Sierra Leone has again been given the all clear after a flare up of the disease.
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17 Mar 16
Bold action will be needed from policymakers across developing Asia to counteract China’s slowdown, which could knock a third of a percentage point off growth in the rest of the region for the next...
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17 Mar 16
The European Union’s migration spending in “neighbourhood” countries has been uncoordinated, thinly spread and "struggling to demonstrate its effectiveness”, the European Court of Auditors has found...
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16 Mar 16
Nigeria needs to create 40-50 million more productive and higher-income jobs by 2030 to support its booming population, poverty reduction and inclusive growth, the World Bank has found.
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16 Mar 16
Zimbabwe is facing its worst malnutrition rates in 15 years with the number of hungry families doubling in the last eight months, UNICEF has warned, calling for $21m of funds to respond.
5 Apr 16A new big data tool, launched today in the Philippines, looks set to help manage traffic flows in congested city streets across southeast Asia.
4 Apr 16The US development agency USAID has announced almost $68m worth of additional humanitarian aid for Sudan, which has the third highest prevalence of malnutrition worldwide.
4 Apr 16The African Development Bank has announced a $549m package to respond to severe drought across eastern and southern Africa.
1 Apr 16The monitoring of public money used to leverage private sector investment in development could be enhanced through greater harmonisation between different actors, delegates at the Overseas...
1 Apr 16The African Development Bank has approved a $228m loan to upgrade 172 kilometres of road that forms part of a trade route linking Kenya, Tanzania and South Sudan.
31 Mar 16The International Monetary Fund has announced it will close its office in Nicaragua in August as the country’s economy has stabilised following two decades of close supervision.
31 Mar 16The government of Sudan yesterday launched an online trading system for the country’s stock market, the Khartoum Stock Exchange, which it is hoped will strengthen the country’s financial governance...
31 Mar 16China blazed ahead of the rest of the world in terms of investment in renewable energy last year, spending a total of $103bn, or 36% of the world total.
30 Mar 16The World Health Organisation has announced that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constitutes an international public health emergency.
30 Mar 16Growth across Asia and the Pacific is set to slow this year and next year as a result of a continued weak recovery globally and softer prospects for China, according to the Asian Development Bank.
30 Mar 16The United Nations and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy have agreed to build a new, global municipal fiscal database that aims to improve sustainable urbanisation.
24 Mar 16The United Nations, World Bank and Islamic Development Bank are joining forces to raise additional finance and rally support for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
22 Mar 16The Asian Development Bank has announced $250m to support the treatment of harmful industrial wastewater and sludge in China.
22 Mar 16Almost half of the world’s population will suffer severe water shortages if current levels of consumption and pollution continue, the United Nations Environment Programme has warned.
22 Mar 16Poland’s economy has made “remarkable progress” over the last 20 years and living standards are now converging with those in other high-income countries, however, the OECD said wide-ranging tax...
22 Mar 16Local public services in Indonesia stand to be improved after a “bottom up” model to spot problems and enact solutions was successfully tested.
22 Mar 16The UK’s new overseas aid strategy risks marginalising the historic focus on poverty reduction, the International Development Select Committee has warned.
21 Mar 16The World Bank has approved an almost half a billion dollar loan to improve the timeliness and quality of health care in Costa Rica and strengthen institutional efficiency.
21 Mar 16Investments to make Kenya’s forestry sector more efficient could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 27% over 2010 levels and bring economic benefits of $188m per year, the United Nations and Kenyan...
21 Mar 16China should prioritise reforms to open up its economy, reduce inequality and expand innovation on its “bumpy” transition to a new growth model, International Monetary Fund managing director...
18 Mar 16Two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Guinea, but Sierra Leone has again been given the all clear after a flare up of the disease.
17 Mar 16Bold action will be needed from policymakers across developing Asia to counteract China’s slowdown, which could knock a third of a percentage point off growth in the rest of the region for the next...
17 Mar 16The European Union’s migration spending in “neighbourhood” countries has been uncoordinated, thinly spread and "struggling to demonstrate its effectiveness”, the European Court of Auditors has found...
16 Mar 16Nigeria needs to create 40-50 million more productive and higher-income jobs by 2030 to support its booming population, poverty reduction and inclusive growth, the World Bank has found.
