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3 Dec 15
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) need to be more “nimble and flexible” in order to help countries meet the new Sustainable Development Goals, the president of the European Bank for...
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2 Dec 15
The World Bank is to enter into a new five-year country partnership with Indonesia, expected to deliver a total of $10bn for infrastructure and poverty-reduction schemes.
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2 Dec 15
Africa is on the brink of a major housing crisis unless it can carve a targeted approach to housing, lending and land policies, the World Bank has warned.
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2 Dec 15
A third of those who have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea this year were children, and the number of children applying for asylum in the European Union has doubled, Unicef has said.
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2 Dec 15
The European Union is to devote more than half a billion euros to managing the Syrian refugee crisis and supporting the Middle Eastern countries where many have fled.
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2 Dec 15
Two regional development banks have made substantial funding announcements for Latin American countries for projects including green energy bonds.
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1 Dec 15
The opening day of the COP21 climate conference in Paris saw a slew of high-profile speeches and significant announcements including the launch of an international solar alliance and pledges to...
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1 Dec 15
The World Health Organisation and anti-poverty campaigners are calling on the international community to redouble its efforts if it wants to win the fight against AIDS.
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1 Dec 15
A group of multilateral development banks have pledged to substantially increase their climate funding to support the outcomes of climate talks that began in Paris this week.
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1 Dec 15
Delegates at a conference in Côte d’Ivoire have called for state fragility to be systematically integrated into infrastructure investments in Africa and for a renewed push for greener,...
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1 Dec 15
This World AIDS Day offers a unique opportunity to African governments. Just a 1% increase to health budgets could bring enormous benefits.
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30 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved loans totalling $600m to support private participation in infrastructure investment in the Philippines.
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30 Nov 15
The UK is to give the World Food Programme’s operations in Sudan a £17.5m boost, it was announced today.
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30 Nov 15
Pivotal talks that will form the global approach to climate change from 2020 have gotten underway in Paris.
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30 Nov 15
Significant amounts of development capital means bridging Africa’s infrastructure gap is realistically within reach, however, only private finance will be able to plug the remaining gap, a report has...
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27 Nov 15
The African Development Bank has approved substantial loans for transport, economic governance and inclusive growth in countries across Africa.
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27 Nov 15
Turkey, Thailand, the UK and the international community need to step up their commitments and funding for the removal of landmines, the humanitarian agency Norwegian People’s Aid has said.
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27 Nov 15
Systemic reform to humanitarian aid will be crucial in ensuring it can adapt to and cope with an increasingly “complex and scary” landscape, attendees of a discussion at London’s Overseas Development...
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26 Nov 15
Climate change threatens to cripple the economies of developing countries and will burden with an $800bn bill in adaptation costs, Oxfam has warned.
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25 Nov 15
Ethiopia, the second poorest country in the world at the start of the century, is on track to become a middle-income country by 2025.
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25 Nov 15
Myanmar’s electricity transmission network is to get an $80m upgrade, the Asian Development Bank has announced.
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25 Nov 15
The World Bank has called for $16bn in funding to help Africa adapt to climate change and build the continent’s resilience.
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24 Nov 15
Key emerging markets secured a record $126bn in clean energy investment in 2014, eclipsing the amount being invested in developed economies, with Latin America and China leading the way.
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24 Nov 15
Sweden’s much-needed contribution to the World Food Programme has enabled food distribution to more than 1.5 million people vulnerable to the drought-driven food crisis in Ethiopia.
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24 Nov 15
The UK Department for International Development has overhauled its overseas aid strategy, targeting half of all funding on fragile states and placing a stronger focus on value for money.