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24 Mar 21
Argentina has entered into its third successive year of recession, as the impact of Covid-19 saw its GDP contract by almost 10% last year, according to its national statistics agency.
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24 Mar 21
Africa will need to be able to manufacture its own vaccines to speed up its economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, a United Nations panel has been told.
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23 Mar 21
US president Joe Biden is considering proposals for a $3trn infrastructure, climate and job support package, according to reports.
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19 Mar 21
Lebanon’s only option for halting the country’s financial collapse is re-engaging with the International Monetary Fund, according to prime ministerial candidate Saad al-Hariri.
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17 Mar 21
Governments are failing to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19, with just 18% of recovery spending going on ‘green' projects, a group of academics and the United Nations has said.
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16 Mar 21
Malaysia is likely to become a high-income economy between 2024 and 2028 but must ensure its development is sustainable, the World Bank has said.
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16 Mar 21
Vaccine nationalism not only threatens human health – it could deepen the financial damage caused by Covid-19, Kerry Lorimer explains.
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16 Mar 21
Asia-Pacific nations must refocus their efforts on achieving sustainable development goals, according to the Asian Development Bank.
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15 Mar 21
Africa needs large-scale debt relief in order to meet the challenges of Covid-19 as millions of people face being pushed into extreme poverty, the African Development Bank has warned.
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11 Mar 21
China will look to expand its middle class while continuing to open up its economy to trade, state media reported following the adoption of the country’s latest five-year plan.
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11 Mar 21
Pre-arranged agreements, including public-private partnerships, are “key strategies” to help repair infrastructure in the wake of disasters, according to a World Bank Group study of the 2011...
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3 Mar 21
Asia Pacific central governments will borrow $4.1trn (£2.9trn) this year, a 12% reduction on last year’s “pandemic-driven surge”, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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2 Mar 21
The international community has pledged less than half of what the United Nations said it needs to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, according to the organisation’s secretary-general António...
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25 Feb 21
Ghana has become the first country to receive Covid-19 vaccines from India as part of the Covax programme that aims to provide doses to developing countries.
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23 Feb 21
Education budgets are being slashed in poorer countries as governments struggle to deal with Covid-19, a report has found.
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12 Feb 21
The Rwandan economy has fallen into its first recession in more than 25 years, with the World Bank warning it risks years of gains in poverty reduction.
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12 Feb 21
US president Joe Biden’s plan to raise the minimum wage in the US would lift nearly one million people out of poverty, but would also result in a large increase to the budget deficit, a government...
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9 Feb 21
A pilot scheme to support companies trialling a four-day week for their employees is set to begin in Spain, with €50m of backing from the government.
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2 Feb 21
The European Union must rethink its strategy for getting people out of poverty after failing to meet its own targets during the past decade, a United Nations official has said following a visit to...
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28 Jan 21
A US council that took funding away from its police department in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests is to use some of that money to provide services to homeless people.
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26 Jan 21
Economic recovery from Covid-19 will depend on renewed investment in education, the Asian Development Bank has told governments in the Asia Pacific region.
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22 Jan 21
Indonesia will use a $500m loan from the World Bank announced this week to build its ability to financially respond to natural disasters, climate risks and health crises.
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14 Jan 21
Providing homeless people with immediate access to housing would have saved the French government vast sums of funding in recent years, a report from the country’s national audit office has found.
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12 Jan 21
Pakistan has launched a digital payment system it hopes will improve economic inclusion and increase its relatively miniscule tax collection.
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8 Jan 21
“Bold” policies adopted during 2020 to fight the health and economic effects of Covid-19 have prevented a protracted economic downturn in Indonesia, the IMF has said.
24 Mar 21Argentina has entered into its third successive year of recession, as the impact of Covid-19 saw its GDP contract by almost 10% last year, according to its national statistics agency.
24 Mar 21Africa will need to be able to manufacture its own vaccines to speed up its economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, a United Nations panel has been told.
23 Mar 21US president Joe Biden is considering proposals for a $3trn infrastructure, climate and job support package, according to reports.
19 Mar 21Lebanon’s only option for halting the country’s financial collapse is re-engaging with the International Monetary Fund, according to prime ministerial candidate Saad al-Hariri.
17 Mar 21Governments are failing to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19, with just 18% of recovery spending going on ‘green' projects, a group of academics and the United Nations has said.
16 Mar 21Malaysia is likely to become a high-income economy between 2024 and 2028 but must ensure its development is sustainable, the World Bank has said.
16 Mar 21Vaccine nationalism not only threatens human health – it could deepen the financial damage caused by Covid-19, Kerry Lorimer explains.
16 Mar 21Asia-Pacific nations must refocus their efforts on achieving sustainable development goals, according to the Asian Development Bank.
15 Mar 21Africa needs large-scale debt relief in order to meet the challenges of Covid-19 as millions of people face being pushed into extreme poverty, the African Development Bank has warned.
11 Mar 21China will look to expand its middle class while continuing to open up its economy to trade, state media reported following the adoption of the country’s latest five-year plan.
11 Mar 21Pre-arranged agreements, including public-private partnerships, are “key strategies” to help repair infrastructure in the wake of disasters, according to a World Bank Group study of the 2011...
3 Mar 21Asia Pacific central governments will borrow $4.1trn (£2.9trn) this year, a 12% reduction on last year’s “pandemic-driven surge”, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
2 Mar 21The international community has pledged less than half of what the United Nations said it needs to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, according to the organisation’s secretary-general António...
23 Feb 21Education budgets are being slashed in poorer countries as governments struggle to deal with Covid-19, a report has found.
12 Feb 21The Rwandan economy has fallen into its first recession in more than 25 years, with the World Bank warning it risks years of gains in poverty reduction.
12 Feb 21US president Joe Biden’s plan to raise the minimum wage in the US would lift nearly one million people out of poverty, but would also result in a large increase to the budget deficit, a government...
9 Feb 21A pilot scheme to support companies trialling a four-day week for their employees is set to begin in Spain, with €50m of backing from the government.
2 Feb 21The European Union must rethink its strategy for getting people out of poverty after failing to meet its own targets during the past decade, a United Nations official has said following a visit to...
28 Jan 21A US council that took funding away from its police department in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests is to use some of that money to provide services to homeless people.
26 Jan 21Economic recovery from Covid-19 will depend on renewed investment in education, the Asian Development Bank has told governments in the Asia Pacific region.
22 Jan 21Indonesia will use a $500m loan from the World Bank announced this week to build its ability to financially respond to natural disasters, climate risks and health crises.
12 Jan 21Pakistan has launched a digital payment system it hopes will improve economic inclusion and increase its relatively miniscule tax collection.
8 Jan 21“Bold” policies adopted during 2020 to fight the health and economic effects of Covid-19 have prevented a protracted economic downturn in Indonesia, the IMF has said.
