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5 Sep 22
The Sri Lankan government has reached a preliminary agreement on a $2.9bn bailout with the International Monetary Fund, amid a financial crisis
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5 Sep 22
The German government is set to allocate a further €65bn to help soften the blow of the cost-of-living crisis on businesses and households.
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1 Sep 22
The Zambian government has secured a $1.3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to accelerate reforms and restore debt sustainability.
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31 Aug 22
The Sri Lankan government has outlined plans to increase taxes as discussions over an International Monetary Fund bailout reach the “final stage”.
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30 Aug 22
An agreement to resume a multi-billion-dollar deal with the International Monetary Fund is key to getting Pakistan’s economy back on track, the country’s prime minister has said.
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26 Aug 22
The Nigerian government aims to raise an initial $10bn of finance to help implement its planned energy decarbonisation, ahead of an international climate change conference.
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26 Aug 22
China’s leadership has urged its local governments to ramp up spending on projects to help boost the economy.
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25 Aug 22
Finland’s municipalities will begin work on “child-oriented budgeting”, which officials hope will promote policies that improve childrens’ lives in the country whose population is ageing faster than...
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25 Aug 22
The economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have put the brakes on reducing extreme poverty in the Asia Pacific region, economists at the Asian Development Bank have said.
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23 Aug 22
The Filipino government has proposed a record budget for 2023 that it said will help boost the economy and lift people out of poverty.
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23 Aug 22
Ukraine has continued to urge European governments to send arms as its invasion by Russia looks set to enter its seventh month.
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23 Aug 22
Seventeen African countries will have interest-free loans forgiven by China, according to the Chinese foreign minister who also announced plans to use International Monetary Fund reserves and...
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22 Aug 22
The International Monetary Fund has said it will need “adequate assurances” from Sri Lanka’s creditors, before it agrees a new deal with the nation, amid an economic crisis.
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19 Aug 22
The German government has announced plans to cut VAT on gas sales by more than half, to help cushion the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.
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19 Aug 22
An Apprentice-style competition for ideas to encourage young people to drink more alcohol has been launched by the National Tax Agency.
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16 Aug 22
The Biden administration plans not to unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s reserves held in US financial institutions, but insists it will find a way to use the money “for the benefit of the...
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12 Aug 22
The Central Bank of Argentina has implemented another sharp interest rate hike, to help reduce inflation that is rising at its fastest rate in decades.
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12 Aug 22
It is a battle that is being fought all over the world – with varying success. How can we raise our efforts to keep vehicles out of towns and cities, cutting traffic and creating cleaner air?
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11 Aug 22
The end of increased budget scrutiny on the Greek government closes a “difficult chapter” in its history and recognises the sacrifices made to reach financial stability, its finance minister has said...
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11 Aug 22
The United Nations has nearly doubled its request for donations to help its aid workers continue to assist those displaced by the Russian invasion.
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9 Aug 22
The new Colombian government has proposed new levies on high earners and fuel exports to help fund poverty reduction schemes.
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8 Aug 22
The Vietnamese government must address the institutional hurdles that have led to a “chronic under-execution” of public spending programmes, economists at the World Bank have said.
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4 Aug 22
Transatlantic slavery has left such long-lasting damage on Africa and Africans that the continent deserves an apology and financial reparations from the European powers responsible, according to...
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2 Aug 22
Rich countries must step up the level of climate finance they allocate to developing economies after a decade-long target was missed, the OECD has said.
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2 Aug 22
The dual impacts of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine will leave public finances more exposed and could negatively impact future credit outlooks, a ratings agency has said.