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12 May 21
The widespread nature of the 'informal economy' in developing countries leaves governments with fewer resources with which to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, a World Bank study has found.
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11 May 21
Vaccines should be seen as a “global public good” during the Covid-19 crisis and intellectual property rights should be waived so developing countries can afford them, South Africa’s president has...
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11 May 21
Egypt’s draft budget for 2021-22 will continue to drive financial and economic reforms, which are “critical” to reducing its high debt burden over the medium term, according to rating’s agency Fitch...
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11 May 21
Inheritance tax could play a greater role in addressing inequality and dealing with the public finance pressures of Covid-19, the OECD has said.
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6 May 21
New Zealand has been urged to scale up its interventions in the labour market to ensure its recovery does not leave sections of society behind.
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5 May 21
Thailand is planning a new round of measures to help low-income groups through its biggest wave of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
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5 May 21
The pandemic and the political crisis in Myanmar are threatening to bring the country to the point of economic collapse, reversing more than a decade of human development gains, the United Nations...
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4 May 21
Colombia’s finance minister Alberto Carrasquilla announced his resignation yesterday, after controversial tax reforms were scrapped following civil unrest.
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30 Apr 21
Low income and developing countries need to increase taxes by up to seven percentage points relative to GDP to help meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, according to an IMF report.
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28 Apr 21
Developing economies in Asia could recover faster than expected from Covid-19 but some countries are likely to lag behind, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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26 Apr 21
A “perfect storm” of crises has left small island developing states in desperate need of financial help, a top United Nations official has warned.
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23 Apr 21
Opposition politicians in Venezuela will use $100m of money frozen in the United States to buy Covid-19 vaccines in the face of the country’s slow rollout of jabs.
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23 Apr 21
Joe Biden’s pledge to spend $5.7bn each year helping developing countries deal with climate change has been criticised for lagging behind promises from other nations.
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23 Apr 21
The Asian Development Bank launched two ‘gender bonds’ in Canadian and Australian markets, worth a combined $1.1bn, the first such issues for both nations.
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21 Apr 21
The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking more than $4bn in damages from Uganda, whose military spent five years in conflict in the neighbouring country.
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20 Apr 21
Proposed tax reforms will be critical to ensuring Colombia’s debt levels are stabilised in the medium-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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14 Apr 21
Major economies need to make a much greater effort to reach their aid goals, despite spending hitting a record $161bn in 2020, according to the OECD.
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13 Apr 21
India’s planned 111 trillion rupees (£1trn) investment in infrastructure will require the state to play a major role in attracting investment, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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12 Apr 21
The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
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6 Apr 21
Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
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6 Apr 21
The International Monetary fund has agreed a $238m third tranche of debt relief for lower income nations, to help manage their responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
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1 Apr 21
The central banks of China and Brazil have the greenest policies in the G20, despite both nations having “significant environmental” issues, according to campaign group Positive Money.
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31 Mar 21
Growth rates for emerging economies will be better than first expected this year, as nations showed resilience in the face of Covid-19 restrictions, according to rating’s agency Standard and Poor’s.
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31 Mar 21
The world’s 69 poorest countries will need to spend $450bn by 2025 to respond to Covid-19 and accelerate their income convergence with advanced economies, the IMF has said.
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29 Mar 21
Latin American nations will record the slowest Covid-19 recovery of developing economies, due to legacy structural economic weaknesses, according to rating’s agency Standard and Poor’s.
12 May 21The widespread nature of the 'informal economy' in developing countries leaves governments with fewer resources with which to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, a World Bank study has found.
11 May 21Vaccines should be seen as a “global public good” during the Covid-19 crisis and intellectual property rights should be waived so developing countries can afford them, South Africa’s president has...
11 May 21Egypt’s draft budget for 2021-22 will continue to drive financial and economic reforms, which are “critical” to reducing its high debt burden over the medium term, according to rating’s agency Fitch...
11 May 21Inheritance tax could play a greater role in addressing inequality and dealing with the public finance pressures of Covid-19, the OECD has said.
6 May 21New Zealand has been urged to scale up its interventions in the labour market to ensure its recovery does not leave sections of society behind.
5 May 21Thailand is planning a new round of measures to help low-income groups through its biggest wave of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
5 May 21The pandemic and the political crisis in Myanmar are threatening to bring the country to the point of economic collapse, reversing more than a decade of human development gains, the United Nations...
4 May 21Colombia’s finance minister Alberto Carrasquilla announced his resignation yesterday, after controversial tax reforms were scrapped following civil unrest.
28 Apr 21Developing economies in Asia could recover faster than expected from Covid-19 but some countries are likely to lag behind, the Asian Development Bank has said.
26 Apr 21A “perfect storm” of crises has left small island developing states in desperate need of financial help, a top United Nations official has warned.
23 Apr 21Opposition politicians in Venezuela will use $100m of money frozen in the United States to buy Covid-19 vaccines in the face of the country’s slow rollout of jabs.
23 Apr 21Joe Biden’s pledge to spend $5.7bn each year helping developing countries deal with climate change has been criticised for lagging behind promises from other nations.
21 Apr 21The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking more than $4bn in damages from Uganda, whose military spent five years in conflict in the neighbouring country.
20 Apr 21Proposed tax reforms will be critical to ensuring Colombia’s debt levels are stabilised in the medium-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
14 Apr 21Major economies need to make a much greater effort to reach their aid goals, despite spending hitting a record $161bn in 2020, according to the OECD.
13 Apr 21India’s planned 111 trillion rupees (£1trn) investment in infrastructure will require the state to play a major role in attracting investment, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
12 Apr 21The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
6 Apr 21Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
6 Apr 21The International Monetary fund has agreed a $238m third tranche of debt relief for lower income nations, to help manage their responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
1 Apr 21The central banks of China and Brazil have the greenest policies in the G20, despite both nations having “significant environmental” issues, according to campaign group Positive Money.
31 Mar 21Growth rates for emerging economies will be better than first expected this year, as nations showed resilience in the face of Covid-19 restrictions, according to rating’s agency Standard and Poor’s.
31 Mar 21The world’s 69 poorest countries will need to spend $450bn by 2025 to respond to Covid-19 and accelerate their income convergence with advanced economies, the IMF has said.
29 Mar 21Latin American nations will record the slowest Covid-19 recovery of developing economies, due to legacy structural economic weaknesses, according to rating’s agency Standard and Poor’s.
