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3 Feb 20
State-owned development banks have so far been neglected in the fight against climate change, but they could play a vital role if used effectively, according to a new report.
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2 Sep 19
Children in Africa will make up more than half of global poverty by 2030, according to the think-tank Overseas Development Institute and charity Save the Children.
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30 Nov 18
A top UK Department for International Development civil servant has vowed to fight attempts to spend increasing amounts of aid money outside his department.
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14 Sep 18
The world will not meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals’ target of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 unless aid is better targeted, a think-tank has warned.
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6 Jun 18
Gender budgeting decisions should not be left to finance ministries alone but taken by local governments, state-owned enterprises or line ministries, a public finance expert has told PF International.
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22 May 18
The Zimbabwean government needs to regain the trust of the people to achieve its aim of creating a ‘cashless society’, an Overseas Development Institute research fellow has told PF International.
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20 Mar 18
China is to form an international development cooperation agency to enhance planning and coordination of foreign aid, it has been widely reported in a number of media outlets.
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29 Sep 17
Governments in Europe and the EU continue to subsidise and finance fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal, despite their commitment to climate change and the Paris Agreement, the Overseas...
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12 May 17
UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
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10 May 17
A growing trend towards earmarking public aid funds is burdening aid agencies with high administrative costs, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has said.
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19 Apr 17
A UK think-tank has urged Ghana to invest in greater economic diversity to make the most of a recent $2.2bn bond sale – the biggest single-day debt issue by a sub-Saharan African government.
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6 Apr 17
Aid agencies are failing to take full advantage of the transformative potential of humanitarian cash transfers, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
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4 Apr 17
The US has pulled its funding for a United Nations body focused on family planning and reproductive health, it emerged today.
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3 Mar 17
Millions of dollars of aid funds are being undermined as donor efforts to stem migration from countries like Ethiopia are thwarted by the country’s labour laws, a UK think-tank has argued.
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9 Dec 16
A UK think-tank is calling on the Bangladesh government to spend more on education and welfare after finding that young children from the country’s slums are working for over 60 hours per week,...
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29 Nov 16
Hard-won gains in democracy and governance secured all over the world will be at risk when US president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, experts at the UK’s Overseas Development Institute...
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16 Sep 16
The European Union has spent at least €17bn ($19bn) on beefed-up border security and deterrents that only push migrants to find more hidden and dangerous routes into the region, the Overseas...
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6 Sep 16
The OECD has welcomed the release by the US and China of peer reviews into their national fossil fuel subsidy programmes, despite criticism over the G20’s failure to set a deadline to phase them out...
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30 Aug 16
International insurers with $1.2tn in assets under management have called on the G20 to commit to a specific timeline for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 at an upcoming summit.
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27 Jul 16
Cash transfers do not discourage the world’s poorest and most vulnerable adults from working, research by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has found.
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14 Jul 16
It may not always be possible to implement best public financial management practice in some of the most fragile states in the world, an overseas development expert has told CIPFA’s annual conference...
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11 Jul 16
Delaying action on the Sustainable Development Goals will put achieving them ever further out of reach, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has warned.
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8 Jul 16
The post-Brexit crash in the value of the pound could cost developing countries up to $4bn in aid, trade and remittances, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
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1 Jul 16
Brexit has put South Africa at higher risk of recession and is likely to trigger a downgrade in the country’s credit rating, intelligence group EXX Africa has concluded.
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6 Jun 16
Improving the performance of finance ministries around the world was the topic of a roundtable discussion at the UK’s Treasury.
3 Feb 20State-owned development banks have so far been neglected in the fight against climate change, but they could play a vital role if used effectively, according to a new report.
2 Sep 19Children in Africa will make up more than half of global poverty by 2030, according to the think-tank Overseas Development Institute and charity Save the Children.
30 Nov 18A top UK Department for International Development civil servant has vowed to fight attempts to spend increasing amounts of aid money outside his department.
14 Sep 18The world will not meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals’ target of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030 unless aid is better targeted, a think-tank has warned.
6 Jun 18Gender budgeting decisions should not be left to finance ministries alone but taken by local governments, state-owned enterprises or line ministries, a public finance expert has told PF International.
22 May 18The Zimbabwean government needs to regain the trust of the people to achieve its aim of creating a ‘cashless society’, an Overseas Development Institute research fellow has told PF International.
20 Mar 18China is to form an international development cooperation agency to enhance planning and coordination of foreign aid, it has been widely reported in a number of media outlets.
29 Sep 17Governments in Europe and the EU continue to subsidise and finance fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal, despite their commitment to climate change and the Paris Agreement, the Overseas...
12 May 17UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
10 May 17A growing trend towards earmarking public aid funds is burdening aid agencies with high administrative costs, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has said.
19 Apr 17A UK think-tank has urged Ghana to invest in greater economic diversity to make the most of a recent $2.2bn bond sale – the biggest single-day debt issue by a sub-Saharan African government.
6 Apr 17Aid agencies are failing to take full advantage of the transformative potential of humanitarian cash transfers, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
4 Apr 17The US has pulled its funding for a United Nations body focused on family planning and reproductive health, it emerged today.
3 Mar 17Millions of dollars of aid funds are being undermined as donor efforts to stem migration from countries like Ethiopia are thwarted by the country’s labour laws, a UK think-tank has argued.
9 Dec 16A UK think-tank is calling on the Bangladesh government to spend more on education and welfare after finding that young children from the country’s slums are working for over 60 hours per week,...
29 Nov 16Hard-won gains in democracy and governance secured all over the world will be at risk when US president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, experts at the UK’s Overseas Development Institute...
16 Sep 16The European Union has spent at least €17bn ($19bn) on beefed-up border security and deterrents that only push migrants to find more hidden and dangerous routes into the region, the Overseas...
6 Sep 16The OECD has welcomed the release by the US and China of peer reviews into their national fossil fuel subsidy programmes, despite criticism over the G20’s failure to set a deadline to phase them out...
27 Jul 16Cash transfers do not discourage the world’s poorest and most vulnerable adults from working, research by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has found.
14 Jul 16It may not always be possible to implement best public financial management practice in some of the most fragile states in the world, an overseas development expert has told CIPFA’s annual conference...
11 Jul 16Delaying action on the Sustainable Development Goals will put achieving them ever further out of reach, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has warned.
8 Jul 16The post-Brexit crash in the value of the pound could cost developing countries up to $4bn in aid, trade and remittances, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
1 Jul 16Brexit has put South Africa at higher risk of recession and is likely to trigger a downgrade in the country’s credit rating, intelligence group EXX Africa has concluded.
6 Jun 16Improving the performance of finance ministries around the world was the topic of a roundtable discussion at the UK’s Treasury.
