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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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30 Mar 17
Nigeria raised $500m via a eurobond issue yesterday, the proceeds of which will fund the country’s substantial infrastructure spending plans.
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7 Mar 17
Public private partnerships are an important option for developing countries seeking to address their infrastructure needs. It’s vital that project teams have the skills to rise to the challenge
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3 Mar 17
Financial speculation has led to an “unsustainable” global housing crisis, according to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to housing.
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28 Feb 17
Countries across Asia and the Pacific need to spend $1.7tn on infrastructure every year until 2030 to maintain momentum on economic growth and tackle climate change, the Asian Development Bank has...
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23 Feb 17
Ratings agency Fitch has warned of the risk posed by China’s high local public debt issued through a back door route.
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21 Feb 17
Giving US states a greater say over how they pay for infrastructure projects and handing private investors tax breaks will create long-term benefits
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10 Feb 17
African cities must become more global if they are to fulfil their growth potential, the World Bank has said.
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8 Feb 17
Qatar is spending almost half a billion dollars per week on World Cup infrastructure, and could continue doing so for the next four years, its finance minister has said.
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26 Jan 17
The Philippines has reported some of the fastest growth in the world according to figures published today, shaking off the Trump effect and fears that the radical views of president Rodrigo Duterte...
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24 Jan 17
The International Monetary Fund is expecting growth to rebound in Nepal this year and has added more than one percentage point to its prediction for the country in 2015/16.
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16 Jan 17
Previous predictions of higher global growth over the next two years are likely to be realised, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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11 Jan 17
Sluggish global growth looks on track to speed up moderately in 2017, the World Bank has predicted, but stagnant trade, weak investment and substantial uncertainty put even this modest recovery at...
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22 Dec 16
The world’s rapidly growing cities will need high quality financial management and new sources of revenue if they are invest in the high quality infrastructure needed to remain competitive, according...
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21 Dec 16
Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
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16 Dec 16
Cities in developing countries can access green finance regardless of their creditworthiness, legal ability to issue bonds or the size of the project they want to fund, according to Climate Policy...
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16 Dec 16
Construction cartels and firms with links to organised crime could benefit from billions in European public money after winning contracts to build a pipeline carrying gas from Azerbaijan to Europe,...
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13 Dec 16
A humanitarian impact bond being pioneered by the International Committee of the Red Cross could transform aid financing for conflict zones and help monitor results. Dominik Stillhart tells PF...
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22 Nov 16
The US Federal Reserve’s second in command has hinted that some of president-elect Donald Trump’s fiscal policies could help the bank and the US economy.
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14 Nov 16
Plans to increase the size of the fund underpinning the EU’s so-called Juncker Plan by €12bn are premature and not supported by evidence, the European Court of Auditors has argued.
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11 Nov 16
The instability triggered by the Arab Spring has cost countries in the region $613.8bn since 2011 and a fiscal shortfall $217.9bn greater than pre-crisis projections, the United Nations has found.
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9 Nov 16
The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a surprise victory in this year’s US presidential race, pledging unity and increased government infrastructure spending in his victory speech.
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3 Nov 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $600m loan in a bid to plug Nigeria’s gaping $7bn budget deficit.
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11 Oct 16
The United Nations and the Haitian government have appealed for $120m in aid to support up to 2.1 million people that have been affected by Hurricane Matthew.
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11 Oct 16
Singapore has opened a new government agency dedicated to leading the country’s digital and data strategy.