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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
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2 Mar 17
Accusations of misconduct have prompted the entire top management of private sector aid firm Adam Smith International (ASI) to resign.
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28 Feb 17
Achieving value for money in social services is the key to maintaining progress in human development in West Africa, the African Development Bank has said.
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28 Feb 17
Canada has agreed a deal with the International Monetary Fund to provide up to $677.5m to support the fund’s lending programme for low-income countries.
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28 Feb 17
European Union funds focused on helping sub-Saharan African countries to collect more domestic taxes are not yet being used effectively, auditors said today.
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24 Feb 17
The UK has come under fire for dressing up a £100m ($125m) aid package for South Sudan as “new” when in fact it had already been allocated for the country in 2018.
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22 Feb 17
The UK has announced £200m in new aid for Somalia and South Sudan, both of which are teetering on the brink of widespread famine.
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21 Feb 17
Famine is looming in Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen and additional regions of South Sudan, where it was already declared in some areas yesterday, the United Nations children’s agency has warned.
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20 Feb 17
The world’s first famine in five years has been declared in regions of South Sudan, where more than 40% of the population is in severe need of food.
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17 Feb 17
The UK should slash its £12bn per year aid budget by 80%, one of the country’s most right wing popular parties has said.
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16 Feb 17
Falling health funding in Timor-Leste must be met with better planning and policies to manage rising costs, the World Bank has said.
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15 Feb 17
The risk of famine and severe food insecurity in eastern Africa is being compounded by the emergence of new pests and rising food prices.
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14 Feb 17
Overfishing is costing the global economy more than $80bn per year in lost revenues, the World Bank has found.
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14 Feb 17
Many international institutions do not have the capacity or trust needed to solve today’s conflicts, and this includes the United Nations, the organisation’s chief has said.
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14 Feb 17
The International Monetary Fund opened a first-of-its-kind training and technical assistance centre in South Asia yesterday.
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13 Feb 17
Countries can “leapfrog” periods of slower development by linking tax policy reform with measures to improve collection and administration, Christine Lagarde has said.
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13 Feb 17
UK aid’s parliamentary watchdog has raised “serious concerns” about the conduct of one of the country’s main aid contractors.
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9 Feb 17
The United Nations has launched a $2.1bn appeal for Yemen in 2017, where years of war have destroyed schools, hospitals and entire cities and left the nation on the brink of famine.
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9 Feb 17
Somali MPs have elected a new president, marking a “historic milestone” for the war-torn country.
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9 Feb 17
Fraud could be having a bigger effect on Britain’s aid budget than reported figures suggest, the country’s auditors have warned.
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8 Feb 17
The portion of global investment flowing through tax havens has risen by $700bn in two years, according to an analysis by ActionAid.
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7 Feb 17
Two UK government aid funds worth a combined £2.3bn ($2.9bn) have come under fire today for a lack of transparency and "serious risks" around value for money.
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6 Feb 17
As UK aid becomes focused on outcomes, a scheme that allows recipients to use funding as they see fit is being ended to ensure money is not misused. Could it also stifle innovation?
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6 Feb 17
African nations have established a continent-wide public health organisation to help respond to emergencies such as Ebola.
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6 Feb 17
Mass protests are continuing across Romania despite the government rescinding an emergency decree that had repealed the country’s anti-corruption laws.