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14 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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14 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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12 Aug 15
Outgoing African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has visited Nigeria to reinforce the bank’s continued support for economic projects in the country.
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12 Aug 15
China’s surprise move to devalue its yuan is not the start of a currency war or an attempt to jump-start economic growth, “it is more structural reform”, Standard & Poor’s...
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12 Aug 15
The lifting of economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for guarantees that the country will not develop nuclear weapons will, if managed well, lower oil prices and expand the economy, the World Bank...
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7 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
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7 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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7 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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7 Aug 15
Jamaica has received a $130m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to fund key tax and pension reforms.
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7 Aug 15
Chile’s efforts to refocus its economy following last year’s slump could boost long-term growth, although the short-term impacts might be negative, the International Monetary has said.
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7 Aug 15
Jordan is expected to use the €80m loan received from the European Commission to help pay off international debts and fix its budgetary problems.
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5 Aug 15
The United Arab Emirates’ “safe haven” status and its prudent economic policies have helped protect it against the fall in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said.
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3 Aug 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $49.7m economic development loan for Nepal to help it recover and rebuild from the two devastating earthquakes that hit the country earlier this year.
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31 Jul 15
The United Nations expects South America’s economy to contract by 0.4% in 2015, and has called for a boost to both public and private investment in order to resume growth and improve...
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17 Jul 15
Social policies in South Africa have successfully lifted millions out of poverty and widened access to services like water, electricity and sanitation, but more needs to be done to raise tax revenues...
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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14 Jul 15
The multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund plan to extend more than $400bn in financing over the next three years in order to meet the new Sustainable Development Goals (...
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30 Jun 15
The European Commission has unveiled a €13.1bn plan to invest in 276 transport projects, in a bid to boost the region’s economy and create more favourable conditions for growth and jobs.
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29 Jun 15
South Africa’s chronic power outages are threatening the country’s productivity, economic performance and competitiveness
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12 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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2 Jun 15
Growth projections for Russia this year and next year is significantly more optimistic than what was predicted two months ago, thanks to climbing oil prices, World Bank data has shown.
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27 May 15
African countries have been urged to mobilise the ‘untapped potential’ of their regions to help ensure growth is shared more equitably.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Latin America & Caribbean you might have missed.
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19 May 15
The World Bank has trimmed its East Asia and Pacific growth forecast for 2015/16 to 6.7%, slightly down from the 6.9% projected last year.
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19 May 15
The government of Tunisia must become more transparent if it is to complete its economic transformation following the Arab Spring, a senior International Monetary Fund figure has said.