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20 Sep 16
The OECD’s straight-talking chief economist tells PF why proactive policies matter more than ever in an uncertain, post-Brexit world
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20 Sep 16
The BRICS group is thriving despite some recent economic turbulence. It offers members a shared policy platform and cross-continental connections
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19 Sep 16
Governments spent almost $14bn of aid meant for the world’s poorest people within their own borders last year, according to the ONE Campaign’s annual data report.
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19 Sep 16
Governments around the world contributed to the largest single pledge to a global health project on Saturday, after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria received nearly $13bn in...
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16 Sep 16
The European Union has spent at least €17bn ($19bn) on beefed-up border security and deterrents that only push migrants to find more hidden and dangerous routes into the region, the Overseas...
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16 Sep 16
Traditional humanitarian responses to global crises are underfunded and often miss their mark. As new donors emerge and the benefits of more local approaches are recognised, does the western aid...
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15 Sep 16
British MPs have quizzed Priti Patel, the country’s new secretary of state for international development, over her remarks that sparked concern about the future of one of the world’s leading aid...
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13 Sep 16
A report by two senior health academics has called on the World Health Organisation to embrace wide-ranging reform, including outsourcing some its functions, in response to mistakes made in its...
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13 Sep 16
Pre-accession assistance supplied by the European Union to the Western Balkans worth more than €1bn has been only “partly effective”, auditors have concluded, despite noteworthy efforts from the...
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12 Sep 16
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the New Development Bank, formed two years ago by the BRICS nations.
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7 Sep 16
A United Nations report has unveiled the “staggering” cost of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, where the economy might otherwise be twice its current size.
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6 Sep 16
The international community is failing to achieve major global education targets with the poorest nations worst effected, according to UNESCO.
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6 Sep 16
The impact of European Union support proffered to Montenegro to help it work towards joining the bloc has been muted due to a lack of commitment to reform by the country’s government, the European...
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5 Sep 16
The Asian Development Bank has raised a further $104m through an additional issue of offshore Indian Rupee-denominated bonds, its biggest Indian rupee issuance to date.
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2 Sep 16
The €782m of EU aid intended to strengthen public administration in Moldova has had minimal effects, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
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2 Sep 16
Mayors from megacities around the world have called on the G20 to take immediate measures to combat climate change and make the historic Paris climate accord a reality.
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2 Sep 16
Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is the mysterious unnamed official cited as a key figure in the billion-dollar looting of the country’s wealth fund, according to a senior member of his own...
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1 Sep 16
Internationalism is not a spent force but a crucial response to global economic challenges, according to the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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30 Aug 16
The World Bank and the Global Fund will invest $24bn in Africa over the next three to five years in order to accelerate universal health coverage across the continent.
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24 Aug 16
The World Bank has refused a staff request to overhaul its leadership selection process as current president Jim Yong Kim sets his eyes on a second five-year term.
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24 Aug 16
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has underscored a critical shortfall in funding as it prepares for a significant anticipated displacement of people when pro-government Iraqi forces attempt...
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23 Aug 16
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $810m loan to develop Pakistan’s power transmission system, it was announced today.
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23 Aug 16
A mega project to pipe gas from Azerbaijan to Europe both rewards an autocratic regime and promotes a misleading energy model
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19 Aug 16
The World Bank unveiled its new procurement framework in Sri Lanka yesterday, which it said will help countries make the most of their public spending, strengthen national policies and improve...
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19 Aug 16
The United Nations has made its first public admission of blame for its role in a cholera outbreak that took hold in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake in 2010, and has since killed around...