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26 Feb 16
The United Nations emergency fund has released $21m to deliver humanitarian aid for those affected by conflict and connected food insecurity in South Sudan.
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26 Feb 16
A meeting of the Southern African Development Committee that concludes today marks a “litmus test” in whether the region will cope with an increasingly dire food crisis, Oxfam has said.
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26 Feb 16
The African Development Bank will deliver almost $1.5bn in financing to Tanzania and the Seychelles over the next five years.
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26 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank president has urged Nepal to pick up the pace of its public investment in reconstruction and development in order to reach its full growth potential.
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25 Feb 16
A Ugandan farmers’ association has called on the United Nations to sever its ties to an agriculture firm accused of land-grabbing and deforestation in the country.
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24 Feb 16
Securing genuine results from aid spending is vital at a time of extraordinary demand, says Labour MP Stephen Twigg, chair of the International Development Select Committee
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24 Feb 16
Vietnam’s economy will need to grow by 7% a year and average incomes rise to over $7,000, up from $2,000 in 2014, if it is to achieve its ambition of attaining upper-middle-income status in two...
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24 Feb 16
The UK’s Department for International Development has announced a partnership with a global mobile operators organisation, which will see mobile technology used to provide life-enhancing services to...
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24 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced plans to scale up its operations in Sri Lanka to $2bn in loans and equity over 2016-18.
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23 Feb 16
Public sector accountability will be key in determining how well and how quickly Myanmar can progress towards shared development and prosperity, the World Bank has said.
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23 Feb 16
Russia and the US have reached a new deal to enforce a ceasefire in Syria from 27 February, subject to agreement between warring parties.
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22 Feb 16
The humanitarian crisis in Libya is worsening as the aid community struggles with a mere 2.6% of the required funding, the chief of the United Nations mission in Libya has warned.
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22 Feb 16
The World Bank has approved a $450m package to support the Philippines government’s health and education conditional cash transfer programme.
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22 Feb 16
Fiji’s government has declared a state of natural disaster and appealed for funds after the strongest storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere tore across the island nation.
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19 Feb 16
The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee has expanded the definition of overseas aid to include limited forms of counterterrorism and military activities or training.
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19 Feb 16
Austria has imposed a daily cap on migrants and refugees, while leaders at the European Union summit have reaffirmed a €3bn plan that hopes to stop refugees entering from Turkey.
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19 Feb 16
The United Nations has appealed for $1.8bn in aid for Yemen to provide humanitarian support for 13.6 million people in the country affected by its civil war.
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19 Feb 16
The World Bank has announced it will make $150m immediately available to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that have been affected by the Zika virus outbreak.
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19 Feb 16
The World Bank is to work with Tajikistan towards improvements in its public financial management through a $20m project, part funded by the UK.
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19 Feb 16
The government of Liberia and US international development agency USAID have signed a financing agreement worth almost $60m to support maternal, neonatal and child health care services in the country...
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18 Feb 16
The United Nations and the government of Colombia have launched a multi-donor post-conflict trust fund to support peace and stability.
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18 Feb 16
The World Health Organization says it needs $56m to implement its global strategy to guide the international response to the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus and associated complications.
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18 Feb 16
Nepotism, a lack of political integrity and impunity for the powerful have undermined the effectiveness of billions of dollars of international funds in Afghanistan, Transparency International has...
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17 Feb 16
The United Nations special envoy for Syria hopes to reconvene peace talks next week after they were put on hold earlier this month, a spokesman announced yesterday.
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17 Feb 16
The Asian Development Bank has announced a new partnership strategy with China, which will prioritise climate change.