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18 Aug 17
More than 9 million people were internally displaced by conflicts, violence or natural disasters in the first half of 2017, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
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4 Aug 17
The Department for International Development has published a mixed response to a review of its work in Africa by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.
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1 Aug 17
The India government and the World Bank have loaned $100m to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to improve conditions in rural areas.
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28 Jul 17
Campaigners have called on members of the US House of Representatives to ensure better access to federal healthcare programmes for residents of Puerto Rico.
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18 Jul 17
Progress on many of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) is too slow to meet the 2030 implementation target, a report for UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.
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11 Jul 17
The latest G20 summit in Hamburg achieved very little and left anti-poverty campaigners feeling frustrated
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20 Jun 17
There is a clear link between disability and poverty, so we need a better way of tracking aid spending in this area. Disability markers could do this
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31 May 17
The Philippines is at a critical juncture in its urbanisation process, which has driven growth but could see this slow due to poor infrastructure and complicated regulations.
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30 May 17
Moving to a system of universal basic income would produce more winners than losers among low-income groups but prove ineffective in reducing poverty, the OECD has found.
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26 May 17
In its 2017 budget, New Zealand unveiled public finance forecasts likely to be envied the world over. Set for a significant, and growing, cash surplus, the government can tackle some long-standing...
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24 May 17
US president Donald Trump has proposed dramatic cuts to the US’s overseas aid spending in his budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
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17 May 17
How the small island territory of Puerto Rico found itself at the centre of the US’s biggest ever public bankruptcy process, and why this might not be enough to solve the island’s problems for good
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16 May 17
The relationship between inequality is not uniform – it depends where in the world you look
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9 May 17
The UK’s emphasis on serving its own interests through its aid spending takes away from its effectiveness in reducing global poverty, according to a British economics think-tank.
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8 May 17
A universal basic income can increase efficiency and accountability in the public finances of developing countries, experts have argued at a debate held at a UK-based think-tank.
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4 May 17
African governments must embrace the digital technologies that have the potential to transform the continent’s economies and public services, according to accountancy firm EY.
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11 Apr 17
The Philippines will remain one of the region’s top tiger economies for the next two to three years, the World Bank has predicted.
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10 Apr 17
Government support for agriculture in the Philippines is inefficient and in some ways counterproductive, increasing the country’s malnutrition problem, the OECD has said.
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3 Apr 17
A development plan for South Asia launched today hopes to add $70bn and 20 million jobs to the region’s economy by 2025.
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28 Feb 17
Canada has agreed a deal with the International Monetary Fund to provide up to $677.5m to support the fund’s lending programme for low-income countries.
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31 Jan 17
Uganda should avoid the “curse” of corruption and fraud that has plagued other African oil producers by ensuring transparency and accountability, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said...
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25 Jan 17
Over a third of people in the world’s poorest countries could remain in extreme poverty by 2030 if growth in those economies stays on its current trajectory, the United Nations has warned.
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20 Jan 17
A British conservative think-tank has called on the country’s government to review its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on overseas aid.
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17 Jan 17
National statistical offices must be strengthened in order to meet the data challenge presented by the Sustainable Development Goals, a top United Nations official has told a forum of data experts.
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11 Jan 17
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.