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25 Apr 16
The International Monetary Fund has advised Vietnam to tighten its belt in the face of sharp increases in public debt.
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22 Apr 16
The Asian Development Bank saw record demand for its resources in 2015, according to its annual report, as countries in the region sought to boost sluggish growth, reduce inequality, and tackle...
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21 Apr 16
The Asian Development Bank is to provide $300m to support road upgrades in Uttar Pradesh, its first ever loan for this purpose to India’s most populous state.
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18 Apr 16
Global development banks have agreed a plan for “unprecedented” cooperation to help close the world’s trillion dollar infrastructure gap following the first ever Global Infrastructure Forum.
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14 Apr 16
The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has struck a deal to work with the World Bank after opening for business earlier this year.
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8 Apr 16
A $200m investment agreement has been signed for the initial funding of a pipeline that will deliver 33 billion cubic metres of natural gas annually from Turkmenistan all the way through to India.
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5 Apr 16
A new big data tool, launched today in the Philippines, looks set to help manage traffic flows in congested city streets across southeast Asia.
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5 Apr 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has reiterated calls for a multifaceted approach to counter the weakening global economy amid warnings it is becoming stuck in a “new...
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1 Apr 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $228m loan to upgrade 172 kilometres of road that forms part of a trade route linking Kenya, Tanzania and South Sudan.
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19 Mar 16
Emerging market countries must press ahead with economic reforms to ensure they can overcome current economic turbulence, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development president has said.
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18 Mar 16
Botswana’s public finances have slipped back into deficit for first time in three years according to the International Monetary Fund.
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14 Mar 16
A UK-backed Caribbean infrastructure investment scheme became operational last week, offering £300m worth of grants for infrastructure across the region until March 2020.
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3 Mar 16
Australia could see its annual disaster bill almost quadruple by 2050, to an average of AU$33bn, as population density and the severity and frequency of disasters increases.
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29 Feb 16
The Indian government has unveiled its 2016/17 budget, prioritising more support for the rural poor, infrastructure and recapitalisation of the country’s banks.
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26 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank president has urged Nepal to pick up the pace of its public investment in reconstruction and development in order to reach its full growth potential.
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24 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced plans to scale up its operations in Sri Lanka to $2bn in loans and equity over 2016-18.
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18 Feb 16
The OECD has urged its members to move away from austerity towards a “new strategy” of exploiting cheap borrowing and increasing public investments, particularly in infrastructure.
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12 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced $10bn in funding for Indonesia over the next five years to help it further develop, particularly in infrastructure terms.
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11 Feb 16
Iran’s development bank for industries and mining has signed its first post-sanctions financing agreement with India’s Export-Import Bank to develop Iran’s railways.
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25 Jan 16
A new trust fund to help developing nations in Asia and the Pacific prepare, structure and market bankable public-private partnership (PPP) projects has launched today.
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18 Jan 16
The World Bank has approved a $100m loan to support infrastructure and local development in Gabon.
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16 Dec 15
Increased capital spending in Indonesia could spur higher growth in the country in 2016, the World Bank has said.
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15 Dec 15
Public infrastructure investment has fallen in nearly half of regions across the European Union since 2010, with projects in large cities hit hardest, a report by the EU’s Committee of the Regions...
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15 Dec 15
Auditors have warned that European Union member states’ energy supplies remain insecure and increasingly vulnerable as the region starts to move towards a greener future.
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8 Dec 15
Urbanisation in Pakistan is “messy” and preventing the country from reaping the benefits, the World Bank has warned.