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19 May 22
The Ukrainian government will require significant financial support in the coming months to close budget gaps and maintain services, US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has said during a visit to...
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25 Apr 22
The Ukrainian government will need at least $5bn of additional funding over the next few months to keep the nation operating through the war, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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14 Mar 22
A multilateral development bank in the 1960s by communist countries has seen its credit rating slashed to junk status, after five European Union nations announced plans to withdraw their...
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7 Dec 21
Managing debt levels and drawing in new finance will be key to funding Africa’s recovery from Covid-19, according to experts.
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1 Nov 21
Emerging economies need greater access to financial assistance to help prepare for natural disasters brought on by climate change, according to the OECD.
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22 Jun 21
Professional accountancy organisations can be central to implementing, maintaining and strengthening effective public financial management, according to the Confederation of Asian and Pacific...
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11 Apr 19
Governments are sitting on a hidden “goldmine” of largely ignored public assets that could be used to transform development.
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19 Apr 17
All funding sources must be tapped in order to finance the Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations officials have stressed at a development finance conference.
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19 Apr 17
Development banks have become a critical component of the effort to build up poorer economies, but their ways of working are flawed. As a result, their contributions can do more harm than good
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13 Apr 17
A fundamental rethink of development finance is needed to ensure the equality of opportunity that will prevent a descent into fragility, conflict and extremism, the head of the World Bank has said.
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12 Oct 16
The United Nations is to launch a new platform dedicated to scaling up public-private partnerships and other financial innovations with a view to channelling funding toward the Sustainable...
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20 Jul 16
Strengthening domestic revenues and finding new financing tools will be key to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific, panellists at a United Nations forum have said.
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19 Jul 16
Countries must take early action if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, the chief of the United Nations Development Programme has said.
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18 Jul 16
The involvement of the private sector is urgently needed to fill the substantial gap left by public money in funding the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the OECD.
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5 Jul 16
Development impact bonds can bring new funds, improve efficiency and provide much-needed flexibility for NGOs that are looking to scale up a proven model, according to a panel discussion at the UK’s...
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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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1 Apr 16
The monitoring of public money used to leverage private sector investment in development could be enhanced through greater harmonisation between different actors, delegates at the Overseas...
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8 Jan 16
The Asian Development Bank approved a total of $27.15bn in funding in 2015 – an all-time high and a 19% increase on the year before.
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13 Nov 15
Developing countries are in an “age of choice” when it comes to financing their national development strategies and the decisions they make will have impacts on debt sustainability,...