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24 Sep 18
Finance professionals should step out of their “technical bubble” if they want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, an Overseas Development Institute director has urged.
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19 Sep 18
Canada should scale up its international aid to match its commitment to development, the OECD Development Assistance Committee has urged.
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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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8 May 18
The world is unlikely to meet the global energy targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, international agencies have said.
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26 Jan 18
An additional $1trn could be found through so-called blended finances to fill the funding gap for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, a consultation paper has suggested.
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20 Jun 17
There is a clear link between disability and poverty, so we need a better way of tracking aid spending in this area. Disability markers could do this
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27 Jan 17
The UK should not reconsider its commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the country's former prime minister Gordon Brown told a committee yesterday.
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25 Jan 17
Over a third of people in the world’s poorest countries could remain in extreme poverty by 2030 if growth in those economies stays on its current trajectory, the United Nations has warned.
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16 Dec 16
UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
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14 Dec 16
The world’s 48 poorest countries have fallen further behind the rest of the world due to the recent collapse in commodity prices, which has caused growth in this group to slump to its weakest level...
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6 Dec 16
The Sustainable Development Goals have ambitions to leave no one behind. How do we square that with the need to achieve value for money?
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5 Dec 16
The United Nations has launched a $22.2bn funding appeal for 2017 – the largest amount the organisation’s humanitarian arm has ever called for from governments.
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29 Nov 16
The United Nations is concerned the Asia-Pacific region’s main driver of growth could weaken further as countries within the region and beyond seek to turn away from free trade.
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21 Nov 16
Leaders from Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the US have vowed to fight against all forms of protectionism in the face of a new US adminstration potentially hostile to free trade.
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18 Nov 16
Strengthening the world’s health systems will require engaging a diverse array of stakeholders at different levels both within and outside the health system in new forms of participatory leadership,...
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2 Nov 16
The UK has been urged to continue to tackle the crises in global education through international forums and institutions like the G7 and the World Bank, an approach the country’s current aid chief...
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1 Nov 16
Global cities are likely to fall short on some key Sustainable Development Goals including child malnutrition and access to drinking water, housing and sanitation, a UK think-tank has warned.
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27 Oct 16
The United Nations has called for action to tackle what it called the mounting sovereign debt crises in many developing countries, which put achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals at...
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24 Oct 16
The United Nations has adopted an action plan to guide international policy on managing cities for the coming decades.
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12 Oct 16
The United Nations is to launch a new platform dedicated to scaling up public-private partnerships and other financial innovations with a view to channelling funding toward the Sustainable...
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10 Oct 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has outlined the policies she believes are needed to foster inclusive growth as the world enters a new, digital age.
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6 Oct 16
The world will need another 69 million teachers if every child is to have the opportunity to go to school by 2030, the United Nations has warned.
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4 Oct 16
The Asian Development Bank has become the first development bank to secure a risk transfer arrangement for its sovereign loan portfolio, increasing its lending capacity by half a billion dollars over...
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6 Sep 16
The international community is failing to achieve major global education targets with the poorest nations worst effected, according to UNESCO.
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30 Aug 16
The World Bank and the Global Fund will invest $24bn in Africa over the next three to five years in order to accelerate universal health coverage across the continent.
24 Sep 18Finance professionals should step out of their “technical bubble” if they want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, an Overseas Development Institute director has urged.
19 Sep 18Canada should scale up its international aid to match its commitment to development, the OECD Development Assistance Committee has urged.
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.
8 May 18The world is unlikely to meet the global energy targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, international agencies have said.
26 Jan 18An additional $1trn could be found through so-called blended finances to fill the funding gap for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, a consultation paper has suggested.
20 Jun 17There is a clear link between disability and poverty, so we need a better way of tracking aid spending in this area. Disability markers could do this
27 Jan 17The UK should not reconsider its commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the country's former prime minister Gordon Brown told a committee yesterday.
25 Jan 17Over a third of people in the world’s poorest countries could remain in extreme poverty by 2030 if growth in those economies stays on its current trajectory, the United Nations has warned.
16 Dec 16UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
14 Dec 16The world’s 48 poorest countries have fallen further behind the rest of the world due to the recent collapse in commodity prices, which has caused growth in this group to slump to its weakest level...
5 Dec 16The United Nations has launched a $22.2bn funding appeal for 2017 – the largest amount the organisation’s humanitarian arm has ever called for from governments.
29 Nov 16The United Nations is concerned the Asia-Pacific region’s main driver of growth could weaken further as countries within the region and beyond seek to turn away from free trade.
21 Nov 16Leaders from Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the US have vowed to fight against all forms of protectionism in the face of a new US adminstration potentially hostile to free trade.
18 Nov 16Strengthening the world’s health systems will require engaging a diverse array of stakeholders at different levels both within and outside the health system in new forms of participatory leadership,...
2 Nov 16The UK has been urged to continue to tackle the crises in global education through international forums and institutions like the G7 and the World Bank, an approach the country’s current aid chief...
1 Nov 16Global cities are likely to fall short on some key Sustainable Development Goals including child malnutrition and access to drinking water, housing and sanitation, a UK think-tank has warned.
27 Oct 16The United Nations has called for action to tackle what it called the mounting sovereign debt crises in many developing countries, which put achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals at...
24 Oct 16The United Nations has adopted an action plan to guide international policy on managing cities for the coming decades.
12 Oct 16The United Nations is to launch a new platform dedicated to scaling up public-private partnerships and other financial innovations with a view to channelling funding toward the Sustainable...
10 Oct 16International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has outlined the policies she believes are needed to foster inclusive growth as the world enters a new, digital age.
6 Oct 16The world will need another 69 million teachers if every child is to have the opportunity to go to school by 2030, the United Nations has warned.
4 Oct 16The Asian Development Bank has become the first development bank to secure a risk transfer arrangement for its sovereign loan portfolio, increasing its lending capacity by half a billion dollars over...
30 Aug 16The World Bank and the Global Fund will invest $24bn in Africa over the next three to five years in order to accelerate universal health coverage across the continent.
