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8 Dec 15
The US’s Power Africa and the UK’s Energy Africa campaigns will be joining forces to help people on the continent gain access to clean energy.
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8 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced more than €100m to support decentralisation and local governance in Ukraine.
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8 Dec 15
Urbanisation in Pakistan is “messy” and preventing the country from reaping the benefits, the World Bank has warned.
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8 Dec 15
The European Investment Bank has approved a $600m loan towards the construction of a power plant in Egypt that will help the country secure a sufficient, reliable and affordable energy supply.
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8 Dec 15
Denmark is the wealthy nation doing the most to help poorer countries develop, while Japan has been found to be doing the least.
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7 Dec 15
The World Health Organisation is looking to step up its health support in Ethiopia in response to health risks following droughts caused by this year’s El Niño weather phenomenon.
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7 Dec 15
The Asian Development Bank has confirmed $1.2bn in grants to support new and ongoing energy projects in Afghanistan.
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7 Dec 15
The economic damage caused by climate change could be 60% higher than previously forecast in Southeast Asia, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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7 Dec 15
A draft agreement on curbing carbon emissions has been agreed at the international COP21 talks, negotiators have revealed, raising the prospect of a global deal to tackle climate change by the end...
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4 Dec 15
More people are in need of humanitarian assistance than at any time since the Second World War, with women and girls disproportionately vulnerable, according to the United Nations Population Fund (...
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4 Dec 15
Three more African countries have signed up to the UK’s Energy Africa campaign, which aims to improve household access to power across the continent by expanding the use of solar power.
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3 Dec 15
Eight major global development banks have made a joint commitment to mitigate transport emissions and ensure networks are resilient to climate change.
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3 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced a €125m aid package for countries affected by the climate phenomenon El Niño.
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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.