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21 Jun 15
Cyprus has made “better-than-expected” progress in stabilising its economy with its public finances exceeding targets, the International Monetary Fund said as it handed the country $278....
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18 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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18 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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5 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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2 Jun 15
Growth projections for Russia this year and next year is significantly more optimistic than what was predicted two months ago, thanks to climbing oil prices, World Bank data has shown.
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1 Jun 15
The Ukraine conflict took a heavier than expected toll on the country's economy in the first quarter of 2015, which is now expected to shrink by 9% this year, the International Monetary Fund has...
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1 Jun 15
Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
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29 May 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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27 May 15
African countries have been urged to mobilise the ‘untapped potential’ of their regions to help ensure growth is shared more equitably.
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27 May 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $69.7m three-year loan programme for Haiti to help the Caribbean island maintain economic stability after it was hit by the devastating 2010 earthquake.
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27 May 15
France must reduce its record levels of public spending and public debt and tackle stubbornly high unemployment, the International MFrance must reduce its record levels of public spending and public...
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20 May 15
The World Bank is set to double results-based financing for education to $5bn over the next five years.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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20 May 15
Government officials from across the Middle East and North Africa have met in Kuwait this week to discuss how to develop social security systems and other safety nets to deal with sluggish growth,...
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20 May 15
Greece’s cash-strapped government has used emergency funds to meet a €750m debt repayment due today, it has been revealed.
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20 May 15
Peru’s government should do more to improve the quality of education it offers to poor and vulnerable students in order to end extreme poverty, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said.
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20 May 15
The UK Department for International Development and the International Monetary Fund have launched a new project to improve statistics gathering in 44 countries across the Middle East and Africa.
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20 May 15
Sweden should implement an ‘ambitious’ programme of reform in its schools to improve both equity and quality, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has said.
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20 May 15
Ukraine’s economy is expected to shrink to 7.5% this year, following a 6.8% contraction in 2014 as a result of the conflict in the country and the Russian annexation of Crimea, the World Bank...
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20 May 15
Belarus’s economy is expected to shrink by 3.5% this year and by 1% in 2016, because of weak demand among its trading partners and low oil prices, the World Bank said.
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20 May 15
The eurozone economy looks set to strengthen this year as the European Central Bank’s expansionary monetary policies take effect, but governments need to do more to boost long-term growth, the...
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19 May 15
Japan’s should take urgent action to boost growth – the ‘third arrow’ of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s structural reform plan – if it is to secure a robust recovery...
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19 May 15
The Brazilian economy is expected to contract this year because of squeezed public spending and a cut in investment from state-owned oil company Petrobras, the International Monetary Fund said.
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19 May 15
The World Bank has trimmed its East Asia and Pacific growth forecast for 2015/16 to 6.7%, slightly down from the 6.9% projected last year.
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19 May 15
Global unemployment fell by 0.1 percentage points to 7% in February this year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s latest snapshot.
21 Jun 15Cyprus has made “better-than-expected” progress in stabilising its economy with its public finances exceeding targets, the International Monetary Fund said as it handed the country $278....
18 Jun 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
5 Jun 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
1 Jun 15The Ukraine conflict took a heavier than expected toll on the country's economy in the first quarter of 2015, which is now expected to shrink by 9% this year, the International Monetary Fund has...
1 Jun 15Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
27 May 15African countries have been urged to mobilise the ‘untapped potential’ of their regions to help ensure growth is shared more equitably.
