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20 Jul 17
Cameroon can become an emerging economy by 2035, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
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19 Jul 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $526m multitranche financing facility for infrastructure investments in Bangladesh.
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19 Jul 17
Mineral-rich countries in South America, Africa and Asia have an opportunity to prosper from the ongoing boom in low-carbon energy technologies, a World Bank study has found.
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18 Jul 17
Angola should reform its education system to give students better value and match what is taught to the needs of the labour market, an African Development Bank report has said.
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18 Jul 17
Progress on many of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) is too slow to meet the 2030 implementation target, a report for UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.
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18 Jul 17
The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
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13 Jul 17
The UK government has allocated £46m in emergency aid for Mosul, following the Iraqi city’s declared liberation from Daesh.
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11 Jul 17
The latest G20 summit in Hamburg achieved very little and left anti-poverty campaigners feeling frustrated
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10 Jul 17
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced a revised four-year strategy for Kazakhstan, which is intended to balance the roles of the private and public sectors.
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10 Jul 17
The British prime minister has announced a multi-million pound package of support for wealth creation in Africa.
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9 Jul 17
The world must respond to child marriage and adolescent pregnancy with the same urgency it showed in the fight against HIV, the Overseas Development Institute has warned.
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7 Jul 17
G20 governments are giving nearly four times more public finance to fossil fuels than green energy, according to campaigners.
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4 Jul 17
The president of the Asian Development Bank has pledged $10bn to support India’s low-income states and its first economic corridor.
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4 Jul 17
The UK’s aid agency this week launches new funding schemes for small charities and projects focused on diversity, inclusion and eliminating the drivers of intolerance.
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30 Jun 17
The African Development Bank has called on financial markets to do more to help small and medium-sized businesses in Africa.
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29 Jun 17
One of the world’s only operational development impact bonds has delivered strong results in its second year, in some cases exceeding its targets, according to its architects.
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27 Jun 17
The UK government has pledged to expand zero- or reduced-tariff trading relationships with developing countries post-Brexit.
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23 Jun 17
The UK’s aid watchdog has said the country’s £185m in support for Somalia last year delivered “significant achievements”.
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22 Jun 17
The UK is to spend £75m ($95m) on tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean over the next three years, prime minister Theresa May will announce tomorrow.
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21 Jun 17
Global humanitarian aid grew at a slower pace than it has done in three years in 2016, despite continued increases in need around the world.
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20 Jun 17
A data portal, launched today to coincide with World Refugee Day, can help governments better allocate aid resources to the world’s 65 million displaced people.
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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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16 Jun 17
The US’s planned cuts to foreign aid would have “life and death consequences” and harm American interests, according to a coalition of aid and health NGOs.
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15 Jun 17
Governments around the world must do more to support Uganda and other nations shouldering the greatest burden from South Sudan’s refugee exodus, a newly formed council for refugees has stressed.
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?