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19 Jan 17
The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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19 Jan 17
A coalition of governments, businesses and philanthropists has pledged $460m to create vaccines to halt diseases before they can spread.
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18 Jan 17
Barack Obama’s administration in the US has approved a grant worth $500m for the UN-affiliated Green Climate Fund, three days before the president leaves office.
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17 Jan 17
National statistical offices must be strengthened in order to meet the data challenge presented by the Sustainable Development Goals, a top United Nations official has told a forum of data experts.
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13 Jan 17
“Management weaknesses” in the European Commission have contributed to reducing the effectiveness of recent EU aid to Honduras, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of...
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13 Jan 17
The Nigerian government looks set to “imminently” launch its new development bank, which will focus on providing finance for micro, small and medium-sized firms.
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12 Jan 17
Guidance to help developing countries combat tax avoidance achieved through the misuse of transfer pricing mechanisms has been published by the World Bank.
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12 Jan 17
UK aid cash transfer programmes that have been excoriated in the British press have been found to deliver strong value for money and reduce poverty by the country’s aid watchdog.
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11 Jan 17
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
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10 Jan 17
The Asian Development Bank today signed a $75m loan agreement that will put 5,000 green buses on the streets of China within the next two years.
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9 Jan 17
An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
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6 Jan 17
The African Development Bank has approved a $870,000 grant to promote off-grid electricity generation in Tanzania.
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4 Jan 17
Aid to the world’s poorest countries fell for the second year running in 2015 as donor governments prioritised refugee costs on their own soil, according to anti-poverty group the ONE Campaign.
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3 Jan 17
Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
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3 Jan 17
António Guterres has appealed for a year of peace in 2017 in his first address as the United Nation’s new secretary general.
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22 Dec 16
The world’s rapidly growing cities will need high quality financial management and new sources of revenue if they are invest in the high quality infrastructure needed to remain competitive, according...
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21 Dec 16
Cancer, strokes and heart and lung diseases will soon be a bigger threat to people in Africa than infectious outbreaks like Ebola or Zika, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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16 Dec 16
UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
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16 Dec 16
Cities in developing countries can access green finance regardless of their creditworthiness, legal ability to issue bonds or the size of the project they want to fund, according to Climate Policy...
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14 Dec 16
Greeks are unhappier with their lives than citizens in a host of post-communist and less developed nations across Europe and central Asia, according to a survey.
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14 Dec 16
One third of health facilities in Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno State have been completely destroyed, while nearly another third are partially damaged, it has been announced.
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14 Dec 16
The world’s 48 poorest countries have fallen further behind the rest of the world due to the recent collapse in commodity prices, which has caused growth in this group to slump to its weakest level...
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13 Dec 16
‘Flat lining’ funding levels are threatening global progress in ending the malaria epidemic and preventing deaths from the disease, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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13 Dec 16
A humanitarian impact bond being pioneered by the International Committee of the Red Cross could transform aid financing for conflict zones and help monitor results. Dominik Stillhart tells PF...
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13 Dec 16
The World Health Organisation has launched a data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage around the world.
19 Jan 17The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
19 Jan 17A coalition of governments, businesses and philanthropists has pledged $460m to create vaccines to halt diseases before they can spread.
18 Jan 17Barack Obama’s administration in the US has approved a grant worth $500m for the UN-affiliated Green Climate Fund, three days before the president leaves office.
17 Jan 17National statistical offices must be strengthened in order to meet the data challenge presented by the Sustainable Development Goals, a top United Nations official has told a forum of data experts.
13 Jan 17“Management weaknesses” in the European Commission have contributed to reducing the effectiveness of recent EU aid to Honduras, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of...
13 Jan 17The Nigerian government looks set to “imminently” launch its new development bank, which will focus on providing finance for micro, small and medium-sized firms.
12 Jan 17Guidance to help developing countries combat tax avoidance achieved through the misuse of transfer pricing mechanisms has been published by the World Bank.
12 Jan 17UK aid cash transfer programmes that have been excoriated in the British press have been found to deliver strong value for money and reduce poverty by the country’s aid watchdog.
11 Jan 17The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
10 Jan 17The Asian Development Bank today signed a $75m loan agreement that will put 5,000 green buses on the streets of China within the next two years.
9 Jan 17An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
6 Jan 17The African Development Bank has approved a $870,000 grant to promote off-grid electricity generation in Tanzania.
4 Jan 17Aid to the world’s poorest countries fell for the second year running in 2015 as donor governments prioritised refugee costs on their own soil, according to anti-poverty group the ONE Campaign.
3 Jan 17Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
3 Jan 17António Guterres has appealed for a year of peace in 2017 in his first address as the United Nation’s new secretary general.
22 Dec 16The world’s rapidly growing cities will need high quality financial management and new sources of revenue if they are invest in the high quality infrastructure needed to remain competitive, according...
21 Dec 16Cancer, strokes and heart and lung diseases will soon be a bigger threat to people in Africa than infectious outbreaks like Ebola or Zika, the World Health Organisation has warned.
16 Dec 16UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
14 Dec 16Greeks are unhappier with their lives than citizens in a host of post-communist and less developed nations across Europe and central Asia, according to a survey.
14 Dec 16The world’s 48 poorest countries have fallen further behind the rest of the world due to the recent collapse in commodity prices, which has caused growth in this group to slump to its weakest level...
13 Dec 16‘Flat lining’ funding levels are threatening global progress in ending the malaria epidemic and preventing deaths from the disease, the World Health Organisation has warned.
13 Dec 16A humanitarian impact bond being pioneered by the International Committee of the Red Cross could transform aid financing for conflict zones and help monitor results. Dominik Stillhart tells PF...
13 Dec 16The World Health Organisation has launched a data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage around the world.
