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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...
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10 Feb 22
Covid-19 could stop being a global emergency as early as this year if countries donated $23bn towards access to tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment, according to the World...
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27 Jan 22
Sudan is looking to gold exports and higher taxes to pay for importing essential goods in this year’s budget, after international donors cut their help for the north African country following a...
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18 Jan 22
The European Union has set an initial €1.5bn budget for humanitarian aid in 2022, to help support crises worsened by natural disasters and climate change.
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11 Jan 22
United Nations agencies are asking donors for a record sum of aid to help people in Afghanistan through a political and economic crisis.
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23 Dec 21
The International Monetary Fund’s $57bn agreement with Argentina failed to deal with the country’s structural problems, an internal investigation has found.
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25 Nov 21
More than 300 million more people in India will receive Covid-19 vaccines following the approval of a loan from the Asian Development Bank.