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28 Sep 16
China, India and Russia are the world’s deadliest countries for outdoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation.
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26 Sep 16
India, the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will formally ratify the world’s historic climate deal next month, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced.
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23 Sep 16
The inclusion of the yuan in the International Monetary Fund’s special currency basket is an “important milestone” in China’s financial integration, fund officials said yesterday.
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22 Sep 16
The United Nations has warned of growing fears of a fresh sovereign debt crisis as poorer states that borrowed heavily in good economic times struggle to weather lower levels of growth.
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13 Sep 16
Government spending in China rose 10.3% in August compared with the same period last year, according to the country’s ministry of finance.
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12 Sep 16
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the New Development Bank, formed two years ago by the BRICS nations.
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8 Sep 16
The Nigerian government hopes to tackle the country’s first recession in more than 20 years by promoting the agriculture and solid minerals sectors in order to diversify the economy.
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8 Sep 16
A plan to introduce surcharges on three of India’s most popular train routes from Friday has sparked uproar on social media.
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7 Sep 16
South Africa has dodged a recession after figures published today show its economy grew by 3.3% in the second quarter, after shrinking by 1.2% in the first few months of 2016.
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2 Sep 16
Millions of workers across India are on strike today to protest what they see as anti-labour policies driven by prime minister Narendra Modi.
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31 Aug 16
The Nigerian economy has officially gone in to recession after figures published today showed a 2.06% contraction in the second quarter of 2016.
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22 Aug 16
An African monetary union is currently unfeasible due to the commodity price crash and external shocks to economies across the continent, a group of central bankers has said.
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22 Aug 16
Thousands of people took to the streets in Chile yesterday to demand that the country’s controversial privatised pension scheme is scrapped.
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11 Aug 16
After holding the position for more than two years, Nigeria has lost the title of Africa’s largest economy in dollar terms to South Africa, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
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5 Aug 16
African nations must do more to harness urbanisation to ensure the continent grows sustainability as millions more people head for its cities, according to the African Development Bank.
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4 Aug 16
An historic tax reform that will help create a single market in India has been backed by the country’s parliament.
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3 Aug 16
Economic growth next year will be lower than expected, due largely to the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
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29 Jul 16
Nigeria’s ministry of works has already spent nearly a quarter of its increased budget in less than three months as part of a programme to boost capital spending, the country’s minister for power,...
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28 Jul 16
The Asian Development Bank has raised around $74m from the issuance of five-year, offshore Indian rupee-linked bonds.
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19 Jul 16
Cambodia’s economy is projected to continue on a robust growth trajectory, but rapidly expanding credit is the biggest threat to the outlook, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday.
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19 Jul 16
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its growth projections for the world economy in the wake of the UK’s Brexit vote.
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18 Jul 16
Growth across Asia will “remain solid” despite the short-term impact of Brexit and a softer US economy, according to the Asian Development Bank.
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8 Jul 16
The post-Brexit crash in the value of the pound could cost developing countries up to $4bn in aid, trade and remittances, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
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8 Jul 16
The International Monetary Fund has slashed its growth forecasts for South Africa and called for urgent reform in Africa’s most developed country.
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5 Jul 16
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to rebuild the troubled but oil-rich Niger Delta region and called for patience and understanding from citizens.