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30 Jun 17
The African Development Bank has called on financial markets to do more to help small and medium-sized businesses in Africa.
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
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5 Jun 17
The World Bank has sounded the alarm over large deficits and rising debt in emerging and developing markets in its latest report on global economic prospects.
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24 Apr 17
The king of Saudi Arabia has reinstated generous benefits for civil servants by royal decree to allay potential discontent in the country.
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20 Apr 17
Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari has suspended two top officials implicated in a scandal over $43m in allegedly misdirected aid funds.
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18 Apr 17
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has won sweeping new powers following a constitutional referendum held at the weekend.
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12 Apr 17
Four major emerging economies have urged developed nations to boost their climate change aid to poorer countries, in line with commitments made under 2015’s landmark Paris agreement.
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11 Apr 17
Technology, not global trade, is the key reason workers have not benefited from economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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7 Apr 17
The success of domestic monetary policy can be hamstrung by the impact of sudden foreign shocks in globally integrated economies, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
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3 Apr 17
Nigeria’s economy is heading for a bleak 2017 unless the country’s government pursues revenue growth and policy changes, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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3 Apr 17
Venezuela’s supreme court has revoked a recent ruling that would have stripped the country’s legislature of its powers, it was announced at the weekend.
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3 Apr 17
Demonstrations demanding the ousting of South African president Jacob Zuma are expected to kick off across the country today.
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31 Mar 17
South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has dismissed the country’s renowned finance minister Pravin Gordhan, sending the rand tumbling.
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7 Mar 17
Developing nations are now among the leaders in implementing sustainable energy practices, but there is much room for improvement, according to a global policy scorecard launched by the World Bank.
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7 Mar 17
Rising protectionism presents a risk to an expected uptick in global growth, the OECD has warned.
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6 Feb 17
The International Monetary Fund has warned that the Turkish economy will continue to struggle and called on its government to rein in its fiscal policy.
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16 Jan 17
Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
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13 Jan 17
The Nigerian government looks set to “imminently” launch its new development bank, which will focus on providing finance for micro, small and medium-sized firms.
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11 Jan 17
Sluggish global growth looks on track to speed up moderately in 2017, the World Bank has predicted, but stagnant trade, weak investment and substantial uncertainty put even this modest recovery at...
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9 Jan 17
Minimum wages and pensions are to rise by 50% in Venezuela as part of government attempts to combat runaway inflation.
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5 Jan 17
China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
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22 Dec 16
The world’s rapidly growing cities will need high quality financial management and new sources of revenue if they are invest in the high quality infrastructure needed to remain competitive, according...
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19 Dec 16
Venezuela’s president has pulled back on his sudden demonetisation of the country’s biggest bank note amid chaos and cash shortages.
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12 Dec 16
Venezuela’s largest bank note will be pulled from circulation this week in a surprise move announced by the country’s president Nicolas Maduro yesterday.
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8 Dec 16
India’s central bank has defended the government’s decision to pull two high denomination rupee notes out of circulation, a move that sent the country into disarray.