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20 May 15
European Union member states should issue annual timetables setting out how they plan to meet the goal of spending 0.7% of national income by 2020, the European Parliament’s development...
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19 May 15
The World Bank will provide around $650m during the next 12 to 18 months to help Ebola-stricken countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the social and economic impact of the deadly...
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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.
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19 May 15
The increase in groundwater extraction needs to be properly managed to ensure reserves are used sustainably, a group of international agencies has said.
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19 May 15
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided a €13m loan to the Serbian capital Belgrade to allow it to improve the water supply.
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19 May 15
Portugal has completed the demanding economic reforms required as part of its eurozone bailout and the country is beginning to see the benefits of the programme, the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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8 Apr 15
Aid spending by the world’s richest nations was stable last year, but assistance given to the least-developed countries fell by 16% compared to 2013, new data from the Organisations for...