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7 Mar 17
Public private partnerships are an important option for developing countries seeking to address their infrastructure needs. It’s vital that project teams have the skills to rise to the challenge
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3 Mar 17
Eurozone inflation surpassed the bloc’s target rate for the first time since 2013 in February, according to preliminary data published yesterday by Eurostat.
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3 Mar 17
Financial speculation has led to an “unsustainable” global housing crisis, according to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to housing.
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28 Feb 17
Achieving value for money in social services is the key to maintaining progress in human development in West Africa, the African Development Bank has said.
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28 Feb 17
Countries across Asia and the Pacific need to spend $1.7tn on infrastructure every year until 2030 to maintain momentum on economic growth and tackle climate change, the Asian Development Bank has...
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28 Feb 17
International lenders have arrived in Greece today to examine the implementation of public sector reforms needed before the latest tranche of cash can be released as part of the country’s...
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24 Feb 17
Mexico’s sugar tax has reduced consumption of sugary drinks for the second year in a row, knocking industry claims that the tax would lose its effect after the first year.
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24 Feb 17
Germany’s budget surplus has hit an almost two-decade high, at €24bn, bolstered by tax receipts from strong employment.
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23 Feb 17
Ratings agency Fitch has warned of the risk posed by China’s high local public debt issued through a back door route.
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23 Feb 17
New Zealand has recently started looking into the thorny issue of how to measure and improve productivity in the public sector
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23 Feb 17
India’s growth will slow by around 1% as a result of its sudden demonetisation experiment, the International Monetary Fund has said, although the impact will only be temporary.
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23 Feb 17
South Africa has created a new top income tax bracket of 45%, its finance minister Pravin Gordhan announced as he delivered the country’s 2017 budget.
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22 Feb 17
Government ministries in Singapore will have their spending caps permanently cut by 2%, it was announced in the country’s budget earlier this week.
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22 Feb 17
A $1.6bn hole in Ghana’s budget has put the country’s public finances at substantial risk and is weighing on its credit rating, ratings agency Fitch said yesterday.
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22 Feb 17
Global trade growth slowed for the fifth year in a row last year, posting the weakest performance since the financial crisis, the World Bank has said.
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21 Feb 17
Nigeria’s central bank has effectively devalued its currency for private individuals by allowing dollars to be bought at almost 20% above the normal rate for travel, some school fees, and medical...
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21 Feb 17
The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
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21 Feb 17
Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
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21 Feb 17
Giving US states a greater say over how they pay for infrastructure projects and handing private investors tax breaks will create long-term benefits
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20 Feb 17
Mongolia has secured a provisional agreement for a $5.5bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, preventing a slip in its international credit rating.
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20 Feb 17
Hungary could be forced to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital Budapest after a petition to hold a referendum on the matter received more than double the signatures needed...
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17 Feb 17
Growth in West Africa is at risk due to governments continually shelving plans to cut spending and raise taxes, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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17 Feb 17
Significant changes to the operation of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund have been outlined in proposals from the Norwegian government.
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16 Feb 17
The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
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16 Feb 17
MEPs have ratified CETA, the controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, despite heavy resistance from the public.