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18 Dec 15
An agreement has been reached to unify the two rival governments of Libya at UN-backed peace talks in Morocco.
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17 Dec 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a suite of reforms which it says will bring in a “stronger, better and faster” ADB.
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15 Dec 15
China and Lebanon have been approved to become shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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15 Dec 15
The Inter-American Development Bank will loan Chile $130m to fight corruption and increase transparency in public spending, including procurement.
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15 Dec 15
Portugal’s foreign aid budget is dwindling and action is needed to stop it declining further, an OECD review has found.
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14 Dec 15
Italy is to contribute €4.7m to the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund.
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14 Dec 15
A landmark deal to tackle climate change agreed at the COP21 summit in Paris over the weekend is a “monumental triumph”, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said.
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11 Dec 15
Prince Charles has called for an ambitious and committed public, private and civil society partnership that can “re-wire” the global economy to eliminate its harmful impact on the environment.
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10 Dec 15
The Asian Development Bank has announced it will draw on government-backed and private sector sources to provide $1bn of funding for India’s renewable energy sector.
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10 Dec 15
More countries are getting closer to eliminating malaria and saving millions of dollars in healthcare costs, the World Health Organisation has said. However, funding will have to increase almost...
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9 Dec 15
A “high ambition coalition” consisting of more than 100 countries has called for a climate deal that is both as strong as possible and legally binding.
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9 Dec 15
The World Bank has announced a $2bn five-year partnership with Bolivia, which it says will benefit 4.5 million people in the country.
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8 Dec 15
The US’s Power Africa and the UK’s Energy Africa campaigns will be joining forces to help people on the continent gain access to clean energy.
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8 Dec 15
Urbanisation in Pakistan is “messy” and preventing the country from reaping the benefits, the World Bank has warned.
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8 Dec 15
The European Investment Bank has approved a $600m loan towards the construction of a power plant in Egypt that will help the country secure a sufficient, reliable and affordable energy supply.
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8 Dec 15
Denmark is the wealthy nation doing the most to help poorer countries develop, while Japan has been found to be doing the least.
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7 Dec 15
The Asian Development Bank has confirmed $1.2bn in grants to support new and ongoing energy projects in Afghanistan.
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7 Dec 15
The economic damage caused by climate change could be 60% higher than previously forecast in Southeast Asia, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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7 Dec 15
A draft agreement on curbing carbon emissions has been agreed at the international COP21 talks, negotiators have revealed, raising the prospect of a global deal to tackle climate change by the end...
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4 Dec 15
More people are in need of humanitarian assistance than at any time since the Second World War, with women and girls disproportionately vulnerable, according to the United Nations Population Fund (...
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4 Dec 15
Three more African countries have signed up to the UK’s Energy Africa campaign, which aims to improve household access to power across the continent by expanding the use of solar power.
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3 Dec 15
Eight major global development banks have made a joint commitment to mitigate transport emissions and ensure networks are resilient to climate change.
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3 Dec 15
Colombia is to implement a programme to strengthen its fiscal controls after agreeing a $30m support package from the Inter-American Development Bank.
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3 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced a €125m aid package for countries affected by the climate phenomenon El Niño.
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3 Dec 15
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) need to be more “nimble and flexible” in order to help countries meet the new Sustainable Development Goals, the president of the European Bank for...