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4 Aug 17
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted $78m to Somalia and South Sudan for drought resilience and the alleviation of chronic hunger and malnutrition.
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4 Aug 17
Nigeria should act urgently to develop policies to enhance its economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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4 Aug 17
The Department for International Development has published a mixed response to a review of its work in Africa by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.
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3 Aug 17
Venezuela could pull itself out of its present economic catastrophe if it re-engaged with international financial institutions and restructured its debt, a paper published by the World Economic Forum...
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2 Aug 17
Information technology systems of treasuries in seven states in India’s north east have been integrated with the India-wide Union Public Financial Management System, the nation’s finance...
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1 Aug 17
GDP was up by 0.6% across EU countries during the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous three months, according to figures released by the statistical office of the European Union today....
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1 Aug 17
Japan must press ahead with reforms to boost wages and productivity as its workforce ages and shrinks, the IMF has stated.
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1 Aug 17
The India government and the World Bank have loaned $100m to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to improve conditions in rural areas.
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1 Aug 17
Campaign group Transparency International has urged the UK authorities to seize any property in the country owned by Pakistan’s disgraced ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
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1 Aug 17
The World Bank has approved a $32.73m grant from its Global Environment Fund to support work in China on integrating land use and transport.
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31 Jul 17
Singapore’s economic growth momentum has improved since late 2016, supported by a recovery in global electronics trade, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said its assessment of the city...
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31 Jul 17
Martin Mühleisen has been appointed director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) strategy, policy, and review department.
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28 Jul 17
Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been declared unfit for office and ousted from power by the country’s Supreme Court following a corruption probe.
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28 Jul 17
Three energy efficient kindergartens have been opened in Kazakhstan backed by an aid fund provided by Switzerland and administered by the World Bank.
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28 Jul 17
Campaigners have called on members of the US House of Representatives to ensure better access to federal healthcare programmes for residents of Puerto Rico.
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27 Jul 17
Uganda has a shortfall of nearly $1.4bn in financing per year, equivalent to 6.5% of its gross domestic product, the World Bank has said.
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26 Jul 17
Slovenia should narrow the focus of its foreign aid outside the Balkans to avoid spreading this too thinly, a review by the OECD has said.
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26 Jul 17
Children fleeing across the Mediterranean as refugees do so mainly because of threats in their home countries rather than ‘pull’ factors in Europe, Unicef has said.
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26 Jul 17
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has called for a regional project information hub to stimulate investment in Africa.
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25 Jul 17
The US Department of Defense must improve the reliability of its cost savings estimates, auditors have warned.
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25 Jul 17
Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger has been elected chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s (IPSASB) Consultative Advisory Group (CAG).
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25 Jul 17
The quality of economic and social policies and institutions weakened in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 amid challenging economic conditions, the World Bank has found.
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24 Jul 17
The European Commission last week unveiled a programme to help regions in member states to grow their economies by developing their main areas of competitive strength.
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24 Jul 17
The proportion of the world’s population covered by anti-tobacco smoking measures has quadrupled in the past decade, the World Health Organisation has said.
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24 Jul 17
South Africa’s economy has registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years but needs wide-ranging structural reforms to revive economic growth, a report from the Organisation for Economic...