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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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28 Jul 16
Drought-stricken nations across southern Africa have declared a regional disaster and launched a $2.4bn dollar appeal to assist millions of citizens in dire need of food aid.
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16 Dec 15
Nine in ten of the registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan are either poor now or expected to be poor in the future and live on the margins of society with few legal rights or access to services...
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8 Dec 15
Denmark is the wealthy nation doing the most to help poorer countries develop, while Japan has been found to be doing the least.
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18 Nov 15
The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
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26 Oct 15
Asia’s poorest and most vulnerable countries need revitalised and more robust development efforts to meet the challenges impeding their progress, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said.
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23 Oct 15
Africa’s rapid population growth could boost economic growth across the continent if it is effectively harnessed by governments, a report by the World Bank has found.
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23 Oct 15
As the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are adopted by world leaders, donor nations must consider how to increase the efficiency of aid spending. Improved auditing can be key to making improvements...
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21 Oct 15
Public finance professionals face huge challenges worldwide. But there are also good reasons to be optimistic about aiming for ambitious goals
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1 Sep 15
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki Moon has urged legislators around the world to help drive forward the new sustainable development agenda.
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24 Aug 15
The International Monetary Fund and the US Agency for International Development have reached an agreement to better coordinate their work on the newly agreed sustainable development goals.
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13 Jul 15
This week’s International Conference on Financing for Development will determine the policy for aid spending until 2030. It must ensure improvements in wellbeing are the goal of both international...
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8 Jul 15
A global conference starting on Monday could agree a plan to boost aid to the world’s 48 least-developed countries. It must take the opportunity.
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6 Jul 15
South Korea has launched a development programme with eight different African governments that will focus on improving local skills in order to enhance economic growth across the continent.
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23 Jun 15
New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours but the amount of aid it provides lags behind other donors that sit on the OECD’s development assistance committee (...
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17 Jun 15
Better governance and a clamp down on corruption would help policymakers around the world to build a fairer economy that would boost the incomes of the poor and middle class, the head of the...
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15 Jun 15
Some 400 million people globally lack essential health services and individual healthcare costs are forcing many into poverty, according to a major international report.
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5 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacificyou might have missed.
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20 May 15
The World Bank has approved as $500m loan to help Egypt fund a social housing project that is intended to provide one million houses and secure residences for low-income families over the next five...
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19 May 15
The head of the African Development Bank has responded swiftly to predictions that economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will slow this year, claiming that ‘Africa is still rising’.
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19 May 15
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to work together and develop a financial framework that boosts public and private sector cash for post-2015...
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19 May 15
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided a €13m loan to the Serbian capital Belgrade to allow it to improve the water supply.
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13 May 15
African countries preparing to move into extractive industries need to put appropriate tax arrangements in place quickly or risk missing out on the revenue potential, an international tax expert has...
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9 Oct 13
South Africa’s Department of Social Development received a clean audit report for the 2012/13 fiscal year, a senior government minister revealed today.
16 May 17The relationship between inequality is not uniform – it depends where in the world you look
28 Jul 16Drought-stricken nations across southern Africa have declared a regional disaster and launched a $2.4bn dollar appeal to assist millions of citizens in dire need of food aid.
16 Dec 15Nine in ten of the registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan are either poor now or expected to be poor in the future and live on the margins of society with few legal rights or access to services...
8 Dec 15Denmark is the wealthy nation doing the most to help poorer countries develop, while Japan has been found to be doing the least.
18 Nov 15The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
26 Oct 15Asia’s poorest and most vulnerable countries need revitalised and more robust development efforts to meet the challenges impeding their progress, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said.
23 Oct 15Africa’s rapid population growth could boost economic growth across the continent if it is effectively harnessed by governments, a report by the World Bank has found.
23 Oct 15As the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are adopted by world leaders, donor nations must consider how to increase the efficiency of aid spending. Improved auditing can be key to making improvements...
21 Oct 15Public finance professionals face huge challenges worldwide. But there are also good reasons to be optimistic about aiming for ambitious goals
1 Sep 15United Nations secretary general Ban Ki Moon has urged legislators around the world to help drive forward the new sustainable development agenda.
24 Aug 15The International Monetary Fund and the US Agency for International Development have reached an agreement to better coordinate their work on the newly agreed sustainable development goals.
13 Jul 15This week’s International Conference on Financing for Development will determine the policy for aid spending until 2030. It must ensure improvements in wellbeing are the goal of both international...
8 Jul 15A global conference starting on Monday could agree a plan to boost aid to the world’s 48 least-developed countries. It must take the opportunity.
6 Jul 15South Korea has launched a development programme with eight different African governments that will focus on improving local skills in order to enhance economic growth across the continent.
23 Jun 15New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours but the amount of aid it provides lags behind other donors that sit on the OECD’s development assistance committee (...
5 Jun 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacificyou might have missed.
19 May 15United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to work together and develop a financial framework that boosts public and private sector cash for post-2015...
13 May 15African countries preparing to move into extractive industries need to put appropriate tax arrangements in place quickly or risk missing out on the revenue potential, an international tax expert has...
