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11 Oct 16
Singapore has opened a new government agency dedicated to leading the country’s digital and data strategy.
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7 Oct 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has launched another attack on the “economic malpractice” of protectionism amid growing fears of a worldwide backlash against...
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30 Sep 16
Brazil should pursue tougher austerity policies to bridge its substantial fiscal gap and pull its economy out of a painful recession, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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27 Sep 16
The African Development Bank is preparing to throw the Nigerian government a $1bn lifeline to help plug the substantial government deficit amid the country’s first recession in 20 years.
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23 Sep 16
Almost €400m of European Union investment into ports and maritime infrastructure within the bloc since 2000 has been wasted, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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22 Sep 16
The Asian Development bank has approved $631m in funding to develop the initial phase of a 2,500 kilometre system of roads, water and power infrastructure on India’s east coast.
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15 Sep 16
Improved public management has helped keep Tanzania on track to hit 7.2% growth in 2016, according to the governor of the country’s central bank.
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13 Sep 16
Pre-accession assistance supplied by the European Union to the Western Balkans worth more than €1bn has been only “partly effective”, auditors have concluded, despite noteworthy efforts from the...
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12 Sep 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said Laos must maintain “the momentum of fiscal consolidation” to safeguard its transition to a lower-middle income country.
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9 Sep 16
The European Central Bank has held fire on extending its monetary policy stimulus measures to boost eurozone growth, even as the bank cut its growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018.
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18 Aug 16
Melbourne has been rated the world’s most liveable city for the sixth year running by the Economist’s Global Liveability Ranking 2016.
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29 Jul 16
Nigeria’s ministry of works has already spent nearly a quarter of its increased budget in less than three months as part of a programme to boost capital spending, the country’s minister for power,...
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27 Jul 16
The environmental and social impacts of a $14bn hydropower dam will be assessed before construction begins later this year, the African Development Bank has guaranteed.
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26 Jul 16
The World Bank has suspended its payments to the first phase of what will be the world's largest dam amid concerns over compliance with environmental and social standards.
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26 Jul 16
Delegates at the first annual general meeting of Africa50 held last week have said funds will hit the $1bn mark within the next nine months.
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25 Jul 16
The European Commission has ordered Spain to recover illegal state aid it granted to a state-owned railway operator for the construction of a high speed train testing centre.
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29 Jun 16
Annual global infrastructure investment could be growing by 5% a year by 2020, despite a lacklustre commodities sector and slowing Chinese growth, finds a new report.
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15 Jun 16
The Asian Development Bank has more than doubled its annual concessional lending for Myanmar as the country emerges from more than half a century of military rule.
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10 Jun 16
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has secured its first co-financing deal with the Asian Development Bank.
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7 Jun 16
Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund urged Uganda to increase spending on public infrastructure while also ensuring more projects are delivered on time and to budget.
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3 Jun 16
Securing debt and sanctions relief will be critical to Sudan’s continued recovery as growth remains constrained despite successful policies, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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2 Jun 16
Government representatives described their experiences of managing rapidly growing cities in Asia and Africa at an event organised by the London School of Economics’ International Growth Centre...
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31 May 16
The delivery of health and education services in Tanzania has improved significantly, particularly in the areas of rural health infrastructure and teacher attendance, according to data from the World...
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23 May 16
Sustainable urbanisation will be key to Africa’s economic success going forward, the OECD has said.
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4 May 16
Developing the private sector, creating jobs and tackling climate change are three key conditions for a “vibrant and sustainable” Asia, the Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao has said.