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4 Oct 24
The United Nations has launched a $426m humanitarian aid appeal for Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes.
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29 Sep 23
Financial support from Switzerland and the US will help supreme audit institutions improve public financial management and accountability in developing countries.
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12 Sep 23
Wealthy nations directed $1bn of aid over a decade to the “war on drugs” and therefore contributed to human rights abuses across the globe, campaigners have said.
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7 Jul 23
Baltic state becomes 32nd member of the group after an “exceptional” increase in aid spending
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9 Jun 23
The wide scope of European Union development spending in other countries could limit the programme’s impact, the bloc’s spending watchdog has warned.
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26 May 23
The Horn of Africa will need at least $7bn in aid this year to avoid a catastrophe caused by climate change and conflict, the UN has said.
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7 Feb 23
Rescue and aid efforts have been mobilised in Turkey and Syria following devastating earthquakes.
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22 Dec 22
An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.
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26 Oct 22
The Ukrainian government has appealed for more support from donor countries and multilateral lenders to help fund its war response, meet budgetary needs and begin the reconstruction effort.
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14 Sep 22
The US has set out how it will use billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s central bank reserves itself, keeping them from local officials but insisting they will be used to benefit the Afghan people.
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9 Sep 22
The outpouring of refugees from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion has left public services in many European countries in need of support, and economists have stressed the importance of subnational...
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23 Aug 22
Ukraine has continued to urge European governments to send arms as its invasion by Russia looks set to enter its seventh month.
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16 Aug 22
The Biden administration plans not to unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s reserves held in US financial institutions, but insists it will find a way to use the money “for the benefit of the...
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11 Aug 22
The United Nations has nearly doubled its request for donations to help its aid workers continue to assist those displaced by the Russian invasion.
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1 Jul 22
Ukraine is set to receive a further £1bn of military support from the UK to help counter Russian “brutality” in the nation.
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27 Jun 22
The world’s richest governments have been told they failed poorer countries “on every level” on Covid-19 vaccines, with their hoarded stockpiles, unfulfilled promises of donations and efforts to stop...
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13 Jun 22
Ukraine’s finance minister has said his government is in talks with the International Monetary Fund about a new programme to help the country’s beleaguered public finances through the war with Russia.
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17 May 22
A deal between South Africa and some of the world’s richest countries, hailed as a potential blueprint for future climate finance, is still under negotiation more than seven months after being...
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12 Apr 22
International aid rose to a record $179bn in 2021 as developed countries increased their efforts to help their developing counterparts deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, OECD figures have shown.
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12 Apr 22
Ukraine’s finance minister has asked donors for immediate help to finance his government’s growing deficit caused by the Russian invasion.
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4 Apr 22
The UK government reduced its aid spending so quickly that officials do not know the effect the cuts will have on long-term value for money of aid projects, according to spending watchdog the...
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10 Mar 22
The International Monetary Fund Executive Board has approved a $1.4bn payment to Ukraine in an attempt to ease the economic impact of war with Russia, as other governments continue to arrange their...
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8 Mar 22
A new World Bank fund will bolster Ukraine’s finances amid the ongoing invasion by Russia, which is continuing into nearly its third week.
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2 Mar 22
The World Bank executive board has announced it will use more than $1bn from a frozen Afghan trust fund to provide basic services and aid to the people while keeping the money out of the Taliban’s...
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16 Feb 22
Afghanistan’s central bank has criticised the US for planning to use $7bn of its assets that Washington froze last year, saying they are owned by the people and would not have been used by the...