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5 Sep 17
European Union auditors have praised the first trust fund set up by the EU to assist a developing country.
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5 Sep 17
German chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled a fund to help local governments clean up urban transport to €1bn ($1.19bn).
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4 Sep 17
The UK has allocated £400,000 to flood relief work in Nepal, in addition to the £660,000 already given to NGOs in badly flooded Bangladesh.
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1 Sep 17
The UK will work quickly after Brexit to establish a new economic partnership with Japan based on the final terms of the deal being negotiated between Japan and the European Union.
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1 Sep 17
Large scale theft of public money was among factors that stymied an International Monetary Fund programme to promote growth in Malawi.
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31 Aug 17
Ghana is to receive $94.2m from the International Monetary Fund for a programme that aims to restore debt sustainability and macroeconomic stability and foster a return to high growth and job...
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31 Aug 17
Inadequate water supply and sanitation is costing the Middle East and North Africa region around $21bn a year in economic losses, the World Bank has said.
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31 Aug 17
The United Arab Emirates has opted for what it has said will be one of the world’s lowest value added tax rate when it imposes the tax in January.
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31 Aug 17
The US’s real gross domestic product has increased at a higher rate than expected despite falls in state and local government expenditure, its Commerce Department has said.
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30 Aug 17
Russia’s central bank has had to rescue one of the country’s largest financial institutions.
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29 Aug 17
A debate has been sparked in Malaysia over how the country measures its gross domestic product (GDP).
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29 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed the creation of national green financing vehicles to promote environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructure investments.
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25 Aug 17
Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has received recommendations from the country’s budget committee aimed at improving the draft bill on accountability of the state budget.
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25 Aug 17
The recent increase in Pakistan’s current account deficit was largely driven by a sharp increase in imports of machinery for power generation, textile construction and import of petroleum products,...
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25 Aug 17
Sri Lankan government departments have been warned that all budget proposals for next year should include key performance indicators alongside their output targets.
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24 Aug 17
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $400m loan to support renovation and electrification work of an urban railway in Argentina.
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24 Aug 17
Zambia and South Africa intend to collaborate in tax administration, treasury management, revenue collection, trade and revenue leakage prevention.
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24 Aug 17
People are being driven by the effects of drought to flee Central America into the United States, the World Food Programme has said.
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24 Aug 17
The World Bank has denied reports that it was financing a €1bn project to electrify a railway in Iran.
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24 Aug 17
Brazil has launched a large-scale privatisation plan to sell off highways, ports and the country’s mint in an attempt to raise government revenue and improve infrastructure investment.
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24 Aug 17
The World Bank has approved a $20m tranche of funding to modernise government services in Moldova.
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23 Aug 17
The African Development Bank Group has banned China’s Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) from bidding for contracts for at least a year after a corruption probe.
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22 Aug 17
Bahrain urgently requires an additional sizable and frontloaded fiscal adjustment to reduce its large fiscal and external financing needs, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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22 Aug 17
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has launched a commission to examine the future of work.
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22 Aug 17
China’s proposed ’belt and road’ network of surface and sea links to Europe will need measures in place to prevent the spread of epidemics, World Health Organisation director-...
5 Sep 17European Union auditors have praised the first trust fund set up by the EU to assist a developing country.
5 Sep 17German chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled a fund to help local governments clean up urban transport to €1bn ($1.19bn).
4 Sep 17The UK has allocated £400,000 to flood relief work in Nepal, in addition to the £660,000 already given to NGOs in badly flooded Bangladesh.
1 Sep 17The UK will work quickly after Brexit to establish a new economic partnership with Japan based on the final terms of the deal being negotiated between Japan and the European Union.
1 Sep 17Large scale theft of public money was among factors that stymied an International Monetary Fund programme to promote growth in Malawi.
31 Aug 17Ghana is to receive $94.2m from the International Monetary Fund for a programme that aims to restore debt sustainability and macroeconomic stability and foster a return to high growth and job...
31 Aug 17Inadequate water supply and sanitation is costing the Middle East and North Africa region around $21bn a year in economic losses, the World Bank has said.
31 Aug 17The United Arab Emirates has opted for what it has said will be one of the world’s lowest value added tax rate when it imposes the tax in January.
31 Aug 17The US’s real gross domestic product has increased at a higher rate than expected despite falls in state and local government expenditure, its Commerce Department has said.
30 Aug 17Russia’s central bank has had to rescue one of the country’s largest financial institutions.
29 Aug 17A debate has been sparked in Malaysia over how the country measures its gross domestic product (GDP).
29 Aug 17The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed the creation of national green financing vehicles to promote environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructure investments.
25 Aug 17Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has received recommendations from the country’s budget committee aimed at improving the draft bill on accountability of the state budget.
25 Aug 17The recent increase in Pakistan’s current account deficit was largely driven by a sharp increase in imports of machinery for power generation, textile construction and import of petroleum products,...
25 Aug 17Sri Lankan government departments have been warned that all budget proposals for next year should include key performance indicators alongside their output targets.
24 Aug 17The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $400m loan to support renovation and electrification work of an urban railway in Argentina.
24 Aug 17Zambia and South Africa intend to collaborate in tax administration, treasury management, revenue collection, trade and revenue leakage prevention.
24 Aug 17People are being driven by the effects of drought to flee Central America into the United States, the World Food Programme has said.
24 Aug 17The World Bank has denied reports that it was financing a €1bn project to electrify a railway in Iran.
24 Aug 17Brazil has launched a large-scale privatisation plan to sell off highways, ports and the country’s mint in an attempt to raise government revenue and improve infrastructure investment.
24 Aug 17The World Bank has approved a $20m tranche of funding to modernise government services in Moldova.
23 Aug 17The African Development Bank Group has banned China’s Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) from bidding for contracts for at least a year after a corruption probe.
22 Aug 17Bahrain urgently requires an additional sizable and frontloaded fiscal adjustment to reduce its large fiscal and external financing needs, the International Monetary Fund has said.
22 Aug 17The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has launched a commission to examine the future of work.
22 Aug 17China’s proposed ’belt and road’ network of surface and sea links to Europe will need measures in place to prevent the spread of epidemics, World Health Organisation director-...
