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11 Jul 16
More than 300 people have reportedly been killed in the South Sudanese capital Juba after violence flared between government and rebel forces.
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11 Jul 16
Delaying action on the Sustainable Development Goals will put achieving them ever further out of reach, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has warned.
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7 Jul 16
The UK has today announced £100m worth of funding toward ensuring 175,000 of the world’s poorest, most marginalised girls receive an education.
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6 Jul 16
Mining revenues that should have been used to alleviate poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo have instead lined the pockets of armed groups and corrupt officials, an investigation has...
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5 Jul 16
More than 56 million people in Africa need humanitarian assistance, while more than 17 million are displaced across the continent, according to the African Development Bank.
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4 Jul 16
Afghanistan looks set to secure almost half a million dollars from the International Monetary Fund after reaching an agreement with its staff.
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1 Jul 16
Syria’s civil war has set the country’s economic, social and human development back by decades, leaving “monumental” challenges ahead, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
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23 Jun 16
Commencing commercial oil production in Uganda could drive the country’s socio-economic transformation if the proceeds are well managed, the World Bank has said.
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23 Jun 16
The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecasts for the US economy, warning of threats from high rates of poverty and inequality and sluggish productivity.
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15 Jun 16
The 220 million people at risk of falling into poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean need a “resilience basket”, weaved from a new generation of public policies, the United Nations Development...
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10 Jun 16
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has secured its first co-financing deal with the Asian Development Bank.
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9 Jun 16
The Venezuelan government has said it will begin distributing food directly to families in the capital Caracas as the country’s economic crisis brings hungry protestors out in droves every day.
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8 Jun 16
The UK’s lack of a “strategic and comprehensive approach” to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is deeply concerning, the country’s International Development Select Committee has...
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8 Jun 16
A G8 initiative to facilitate corporate investment in African agriculture has benefited big companies while smallholder farmers have lost land and money, the European Parliament has concluded.
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8 Jun 16
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecasts for 2016 to 2.4%, from the already modest 2.9% it predicted in January.
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7 Jun 16
Proposals for a universal basic income were overwhelmingly rejected by Switzerland’s voters in a referendum on Sunday, with 78% saying no to the scheme.
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1 Jun 16
Economic growth has not delivered better lives for citizens in many African nations, a report by think-tank the Legatum Institute has found.
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31 May 16
The world’s least developed countries (LDCs) will need to ensure a good mix of finance instruments in order to achieve development goals, the United Nations Development Programme administrator Helen...
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26 May 16
Britain’s “generosity” has sparked increased aid contributions from the rest of the G7 nations, the ONE campaign has said.
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23 May 16
The world’s first ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) opened in Istanbul today, and will attempt to find ways to relieve the unprecedented strain the global humanitarian system is under.
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20 May 16
The World Bank has approved another $25m in funding for a controversial land allocation project linked to forced evictions of impoverished people in Cambodia.
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19 May 16
A poor global economy and lack of quality jobs threatens to undo decades’ worth of progress in eliminating poverty, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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6 May 16
American development agency USAID has delivered $37m worth of food aid to the World Food Programme in Sudan.
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5 May 16
An $81m funding shortfall for the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency is playing with the fate of millions in need across the Middle East, secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has warned.
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4 May 16
Developing the private sector, creating jobs and tackling climate change are three key conditions for a “vibrant and sustainable” Asia, the Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao has said.