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13 Jul 15
This week’s International Conference on Financing for Development will determine the policy for aid spending until 2030. It must ensure improvements in wellbeing are the goal of both international...
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8 Jul 15
A global conference starting on Monday could agree a plan to boost aid to the world’s 48 least-developed countries. It must take the opportunity.
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6 Jul 15
South Korea has launched a development programme with eight different African governments that will focus on improving local skills in order to enhance economic growth across the continent.
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3 Jul 15
3 July 2015A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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3 Jul 15
3 July 2015
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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2 Jul 15
The poverty rate in Mongolia last year stood at 21.6%, down from 27.4% in 2012 and driven by the continued growth in livestock incomes, pensions and real wages, the World Bank has revealed.
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2 Jul 15
Sierra Leone could be at the mercy of the next disease outbreak if its government and international donors do nothing to address major health system weaknesses exposed by the Ebola outbreak,...
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24 Jun 15
Australia will become a founding member of the Chinese-led infrastructure investment bank contributing AUS $930m over the next five years becoming the sixth largest shareholder, treasurer Joe Hockey...
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23 Jun 15
New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours but the amount of aid it provides lags behind other donors that sit on the OECD’s development assistance committee (...
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18 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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17 Jun 15
Jamaica is to receive $40m from the International Monetary Fund after a review concluded the country’s economic performance was “on track and has remained strong” but there remained...
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16 Jun 15
US First Lady Michelle Obama announced yesterday a $200m plan to educate young girls in developing countries, warning that it was now a “serious public health issue”.
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12 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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9 Jun 15
Integrated reporting in the public sector could improve the planning of public services across changes in governments and assist in the allocation of scarce resources, experts at a groundbreaking...
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5 Jun 15
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada to improve education and learning opportunities for public sector financial professionals in the...
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4 Jun 15
The UK has committed £20m in new funding to help tens of thousands of vulnerable Iraqis who have been forced to flee their homes by ISIL fighting, Justine Greening, the international...
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2 Jun 15
Growth projections for Russia this year and next year is significantly more optimistic than what was predicted two months ago, thanks to climbing oil prices, World Bank data has shown.
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1 Jun 15
Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
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27 May 15
The European Union and Switzerland have signed a historic tax agreement, which will end Swiss bank secrecy and prevent tax evaders from hiding undeclared income.
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27 May 15
International donors need to better target the aid they provide the world’s poorest countries if new development goals are to succeed, according to anti-poverty campaigners ONE.
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27 May 15
The United Nations is to hold an international conference to boost the recovery from Ebola in Africa in July, secretary general Ban Ki-moon has announced.
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27 May 15
African countries have been urged to mobilise the ‘untapped potential’ of their regions to help ensure growth is shared more equitably.
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27 May 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $69.7m three-year loan programme for Haiti to help the Caribbean island maintain economic stability after it was hit by the devastating 2010 earthquake.
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27 May 15
From on-the-ground development in Botswana to the top spot at DFID and now the EBRD, Sir Suma Chakrabarti’s career has been rooted in a passion for deliverable development. Here, he looks back...
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27 May 15
The European Union’s fourth anti-money laundering directive, which strengthens the existing framework on tax evasion and terrorist financing, was approved by the European Parliament yesterday.
13 Jul 15This week’s International Conference on Financing for Development will determine the policy for aid spending until 2030. It must ensure improvements in wellbeing are the goal of both international...
8 Jul 15A global conference starting on Monday could agree a plan to boost aid to the world’s 48 least-developed countries. It must take the opportunity.
6 Jul 15South Korea has launched a development programme with eight different African governments that will focus on improving local skills in order to enhance economic growth across the continent.
3 Jul 153 July 2015A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
3 Jul 153 July 2015 A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
2 Jul 15Sierra Leone could be at the mercy of the next disease outbreak if its government and international donors do nothing to address major health system weaknesses exposed by the Ebola outbreak,...
24 Jun 15Australia will become a founding member of the Chinese-led infrastructure investment bank contributing AUS $930m over the next five years becoming the sixth largest shareholder, treasurer Joe Hockey...
23 Jun 15New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours but the amount of aid it provides lags behind other donors that sit on the OECD’s development assistance committee (...
9 Jun 15Integrated reporting in the public sector could improve the planning of public services across changes in governments and assist in the allocation of scarce resources, experts at a groundbreaking...
5 Jun 15CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada to improve education and learning opportunities for public sector financial professionals in the...
1 Jun 15Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
27 May 15African countries have been urged to mobilise the ‘untapped potential’ of their regions to help ensure growth is shared more equitably.
27 May 15From on-the-ground development in Botswana to the top spot at DFID and now the EBRD, Sir Suma Chakrabarti’s career has been rooted in a passion for deliverable development. Here, he looks back...
