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14 Oct 19
A fundamental rethink is needed by governments across the world to meet the UN’s highly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals, write the editors of a new book on how to turn the SDGs into a reality...
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11 Oct 19
Governments must ready themselves for a global economic downturn and help stimulate their economies if necessary, CIPFA has told PF International.
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9 Oct 19
The new head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that a coordinated fiscal response may be needed in the face of a “synchronised slowdown” in the world economy.
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9 Oct 19
More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
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4 Oct 19
World Bank data has shown foreign debt burden on developing countries rose to $7.8tn in 2018, causing concern over governments’ sustainability and their future ability to invest in development.
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2 Oct 19
Boris Johnson’s ‘two borders’ plan for Northern Ireland after Brexit appeared to be rejected by Ireland and the EU before he even made his speech.
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1 Oct 19
A clear economic growth strategy for South Africa will be finalised within the next few weeks, president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.
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1 Oct 19
Economic growth is the right priority for Greece but the government “faces an uphill battle”, the IMF has warned.
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30 Sep 19
Health and education spending “will be key” to unlocking the productive potential of Sri Lanka, according to the World Bank.
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30 Sep 19
India’s economy is growing more slowly than expected this year but is still one of the fastest in the world, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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30 Sep 19
The road to ending corruption in Honduras is far from linear, says The Association for a More Just Society’s Andreas Daugaard.
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27 Sep 19
Multi-billion-euro tax cuts will be in France’s next budget, as president Emmanuel Macron hopes to maintain popular support for his economic reforms.
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26 Sep 19
The trade war with the US is expected to slow economic growth in China this year, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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25 Sep 19
Carbon taxes could become more popular if citizens knew the revenue raised would be put back into society, researchers have found.
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25 Sep 19
Developing countries have made half a billion dollars more from taxing multinational companies, thanks to a joint initiative from the OECD and United Nations Development Programme.
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24 Sep 19
The International Monetary Fund has warned the “current calm [surrounding Turkey’s economy] appears fragile”, despite its economy rebounding from last year’s recession.
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20 Sep 19
Global growth will slow to 2.9% in 2019 and 3% in 2020 because of the trade war between China and the US, and uncertainty caused by the UK’s departure from the EU.
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19 Sep 19
Jamaica’s efforts to reform its economy have been hailed as a success after a visit by International Monetary Fund staff.
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19 Sep 19
The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
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19 Sep 19
The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
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16 Sep 19
Namibia’s economy is slowly recovering but public debt “remains on a rising path”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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12 Sep 19
Wealth created in the digital economy is “highly concentrated” in the US and China, with the rest of the world – especially Latin America and Africa – trailing “considerably far behind”, the United...
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11 Sep 19
Germany’s economy is “on the brink of recession”, researchers have warned.
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9 Sep 19
Japan’s economy has grown more slowly in the last quarter than initial figures suggested, according to the Cabinet Office, which has downgraded its estimates.
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6 Sep 19
South Africa has avoided a second recession in two years, as new figures show its economy grew by 3.1% in the second quarter of 2019.
14 Oct 19A fundamental rethink is needed by governments across the world to meet the UN’s highly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals, write the editors of a new book on how to turn the SDGs into a reality...
11 Oct 19Governments must ready themselves for a global economic downturn and help stimulate their economies if necessary, CIPFA has told PF International.
9 Oct 19The new head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that a coordinated fiscal response may be needed in the face of a “synchronised slowdown” in the world economy.
9 Oct 19More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
4 Oct 19World Bank data has shown foreign debt burden on developing countries rose to $7.8tn in 2018, causing concern over governments’ sustainability and their future ability to invest in development.
2 Oct 19Boris Johnson’s ‘two borders’ plan for Northern Ireland after Brexit appeared to be rejected by Ireland and the EU before he even made his speech.
1 Oct 19A clear economic growth strategy for South Africa will be finalised within the next few weeks, president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.
1 Oct 19Economic growth is the right priority for Greece but the government “faces an uphill battle”, the IMF has warned.
30 Sep 19Health and education spending “will be key” to unlocking the productive potential of Sri Lanka, according to the World Bank.
30 Sep 19India’s economy is growing more slowly than expected this year but is still one of the fastest in the world, the Asian Development Bank has said.
30 Sep 19The road to ending corruption in Honduras is far from linear, says The Association for a More Just Society’s Andreas Daugaard.
27 Sep 19Multi-billion-euro tax cuts will be in France’s next budget, as president Emmanuel Macron hopes to maintain popular support for his economic reforms.
26 Sep 19The trade war with the US is expected to slow economic growth in China this year, the Asian Development Bank has said.
25 Sep 19Carbon taxes could become more popular if citizens knew the revenue raised would be put back into society, researchers have found.
24 Sep 19The International Monetary Fund has warned the “current calm [surrounding Turkey’s economy] appears fragile”, despite its economy rebounding from last year’s recession.
19 Sep 19Jamaica’s efforts to reform its economy have been hailed as a success after a visit by International Monetary Fund staff.
19 Sep 19The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
19 Sep 19The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
16 Sep 19Namibia’s economy is slowly recovering but public debt “remains on a rising path”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
12 Sep 19Wealth created in the digital economy is “highly concentrated” in the US and China, with the rest of the world – especially Latin America and Africa – trailing “considerably far behind”, the United...
11 Sep 19Germany’s economy is “on the brink of recession”, researchers have warned.
9 Sep 19Japan’s economy has grown more slowly in the last quarter than initial figures suggested, according to the Cabinet Office, which has downgraded its estimates.
6 Sep 19South Africa has avoided a second recession in two years, as new figures show its economy grew by 3.1% in the second quarter of 2019.
