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20 Sep 16
The BRICS group is thriving despite some recent economic turbulence. It offers members a shared policy platform and cross-continental connections
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15 Aug 16
The Ugandan government is to close all schools operated by Bridge International Academies, a large and controversial provider of commercial private schools operating mainly in Africa.
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12 May 16
A public-private partnership in Uganda is seeing students from poorer, rural backgrounds outdo their wealthier peers, research has found, adding to a growing debate about the role of PPPs in...
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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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26 Apr 16
An unprecedented explosion in the working-age population in Asia Pacific risks dire consequences if not properly managed, the United Nations Development Programme has warned.
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15 Apr 16
Childhood malnutrition and stunting should be treated as a development and economic emergency, the World Bank and UNICEF said as they urged world leaders to step up their investments in nutrition.
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14 Apr 16
The World Bank has announced it will spend $2.5bn on education projects targeting adolescent girls over the next five years.
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10 Mar 16
South Africa’s schools were a public sector corruption hotspot in 2015, according to a national corruption watchdog.
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2 Mar 16
India and the World Bank have signed a $300m credit agreement to support improvements to government-run higher education institutions in a large central Indian state.
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29 Feb 16
The World Bank has approved a $70m project to address the high levels of unemployment among university graduates in Tunisia.
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11 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has pressed Pakistan to step up its economic reform ambitions and seize related opportunities for growth.
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9 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
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3 Feb 16
The rate of young refugees arriving in Europe has dramatically increased since last year, with one in three of those arriving now being children, UNICEF has warned.
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20 Jan 16
Living standards in Latin America will not rise unless the region tackles its “twin challenges” of inequality and low productivity, the OECD has warned.
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6 Jan 16
A free online course developed by the UK’s University of London aims to broaden knowledge about the effective management of public finances
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4 Dec 15
Three more African countries have signed up to the UK’s Energy Africa campaign, which aims to improve household access to power across the continent by expanding the use of solar power.
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19 Nov 15
Better-educated people in lower-income countries can struggle to find suitable work, according to the International Labour Organisation.
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19 Oct 15
Public schools in Australia’s Northern Territory are missing out on millions of dollars in funding due to its government’s budget cuts and the territory’s failure to pass on needs-...
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18 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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16 Jun 15
US First Lady Michelle Obama announced yesterday a $200m plan to educate young girls in developing countries, warning that it was now a “serious public health issue”.
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5 Jun 15
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada to improve education and learning opportunities for public sector financial professionals in the...
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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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19 May 15
International donors need to increase their aid funding if global health, education and social protection targets in low-income countries are to be met, the Overseas Development Institute has said.
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3 Jan 14
Two government departments in Maharashtra, one of India’s most populous states, are to pilot accruals-based accounting