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3 Apr 17
A development plan for South Asia launched today hopes to add $70bn and 20 million jobs to the region’s economy by 2025.
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29 Mar 17
Approved loans from the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have hit $2bn since the bank opened for business last year.
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28 Mar 17
Over 60 for-profit private schools run by Bridge International Academies in Uganda will not be closed by the country’s ministry of education, the company’s co-founder said today.
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28 Mar 17
European Union aid for Tunisia was overambitious and too lax, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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28 Mar 17
After a more than two-decade long civil war, Somalia has set off on the long path towards peace and prosperity. While the government has won praise for its public financial management reforms, it...
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28 Mar 17
A fixation on proving spending is effective could be limiting the potential of the UK’s £12bn aid budget, the country’s parliamentary aid watchdog has warned.
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24 Mar 17
The Latin America and Caribbean region continued to close its tax gap with others in 2015, rebuffing the impact of the collapse in commodity prices on revenues, the OECD has found.
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23 Mar 17
A cheap, heat-resistant and effective vaccine is being hailed as a “game-changer” that could save the lives of thousands of children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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22 Mar 17
One in four children around the world will be without access to safe water supplies by 2040, Unicef has warned on World Water Day.
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21 Mar 17
Poland’s ‘record’ economic growth is a development success story but the country needs to undertake further reform, according to the World Bank.
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20 Mar 17
UK aid is to fund training courses in financial management, governance and cost effectiveness to smaller British organisations managing humanitarian projects around the world.
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17 Mar 17
Cash aid can deliver better prospects for women and girls in work, education and a host of other areas, according to the UK’s Overseas Development Institute.
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14 Mar 17
The controversial private sector investment arm of the UK's Department for International Development has just been given access to a lot more of the country's aid money, but does it also have the...
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14 Mar 17
Poorer countries spent more on debt repayments in 2016 than at any time in the last decade, according to figures published by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK.
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13 Mar 17
Strengthening the notion of civil service as a vocation in developing countries is critical to building the institutions needed for sound economic governance, an International Monetary Fund official...
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10 Mar 17
UK-funded aid projects to address irregular migration through the central Mediterranean are not yet effective, the country’s aid watchdog has warned.
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7 Mar 17
Developing nations are now among the leaders in implementing sustainable energy practices, but there is much room for improvement, according to a global policy scorecard launched by the World Bank.
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7 Mar 17
The United Nations has called for $2.7bn to support the recovery of Haiti, which suffered widespread damage during Hurricane Matthew six months ago.
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7 Mar 17
Public private partnerships are an important option for developing countries seeking to address their infrastructure needs. It’s vital that project teams have the skills to rise to the challenge
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6 Mar 17
Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller has unveiled a 'Marshall Plan with Africa' to help the continent respond to future economic and labour market challenges.
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6 Mar 17
The World Bank has committed $125m to improving vocational training and apprenticeships in India.
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6 Mar 17
Afghanistan is set to receive a further £6m from the International Monetary Fund after being judged to have made satisfactory progress on its reform plan.
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3 Mar 17
The African Development Bank has agreed a funding package with Zimbabwe to support the government’s reform plan for state-owned enterprises.
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3 Mar 17
Millions of dollars of aid funds are being undermined as donor efforts to stem migration from countries like Ethiopia are thwarted by the country’s labour laws, a UK think-tank has argued.
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2 Mar 17
A common but flexible international framework for monitoring South–South cooperation would greatly enhance accountability in this emerging area of aid