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11 Apr 17
More taxes, better monitoring and more transparent spending will be needed in Qatar to offset the impact of a price slump on the country’s commodity-reliant economy, according to the International...
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11 Apr 17
Aid to the world’s poorest nations fell by almost 4% last year as western donors diverted funds to hosting refugees at home, the OECD has said.
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11 Apr 17
The Philippines will remain one of the region’s top tiger economies for the next two to three years, the World Bank has predicted.
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11 Apr 17
Technology, not global trade, is the key reason workers have not benefited from economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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10 Apr 17
The benefits of open trade are “broad and deep” and should not be forgone, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organisation have stressed.
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10 Apr 17
Government support for agriculture in the Philippines is inefficient and in some ways counterproductive, increasing the country’s malnutrition problem, the OECD has said.
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10 Apr 17
At least $2.7bn worth of property in Brazil’s São Paulo is owned via secretive companies registered in offshore jurisdictions, an investigation by Transparency International has found.
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10 Apr 17
The Zika epidemic could cost Latin America and the Caribbean $18bn by 2018, an analysis by the United Nations Development Programme has found.
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7 Apr 17
Fitch Ratings has today downgraded South Africa’s credit rating to junk status following president Jacob Zuma’s dismissal of trusted finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
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7 Apr 17
Brexit could put Africa’s future growth at risk, Adam Elhiraika, director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has said.
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7 Apr 17
The success of domestic monetary policy can be hamstrung by the impact of sudden foreign shocks in globally integrated economies, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
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7 Apr 17
Greece and its creditors have chipped away at a deadlock over the next phase of its €86bn bailout deal, reaching an agreement on the “overarching issues”.
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6 Apr 17
Campaigners have called for greater transparency in British aid spending as it is channelled through an increasingly broad range of government departments.
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6 Apr 17
The share of overseas aid that is given without conditions and untied to businesses in donor countries has dropped for the second time in two years, the OECD has said.
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6 Apr 17
Ukraine could be on track to receive a total of $5.5bn from the International Monetary Fund this year if the country presses ahead with anti-corruption and pension reforms.
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6 Apr 17
Aid agencies are failing to take full advantage of the transformative potential of humanitarian cash transfers, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
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6 Apr 17
Pakistan will not meet its deficit target in 2017, the government has admitted, as the International Monetary Fund warned more tax increases and spending cuts will be needed to maintain progress.
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6 Apr 17
Asia-Pacific now accounts for 60% of the world’s economic growth, more than any other region, the Asian Development Bank has highlighted.
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5 Apr 17
Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
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5 Apr 17
The UK has pledged almost £100m of new funding to help landmine clearance in developing countries, tripling its existing commitment in the area.
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4 Apr 17
The US has pulled its funding for a United Nations body focused on family planning and reproductive health, it emerged today.
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4 Apr 17
Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest level in eight years in February, but auditors have warned that the bloc’s effort to reduce youth unemployment has fallen short of expectations.
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4 Apr 17
Governments must take an active role and “unleash entrepreneurship” if productivity is to be improved, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said.
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4 Apr 17
“Appalling” behaviour by UK aid contractors is facilitated by a hands-off approach to procurement by the country’s aid department, Britain’s parliamentary aid watchdog has concluded.
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4 Apr 17
Almost all Caribbean nations have adopted IPSAS or are in the process of doing so, according to a recent study.
11 Apr 17More taxes, better monitoring and more transparent spending will be needed in Qatar to offset the impact of a price slump on the country’s commodity-reliant economy, according to the International...
11 Apr 17Aid to the world’s poorest nations fell by almost 4% last year as western donors diverted funds to hosting refugees at home, the OECD has said.
11 Apr 17The Philippines will remain one of the region’s top tiger economies for the next two to three years, the World Bank has predicted.
11 Apr 17Technology, not global trade, is the key reason workers have not benefited from economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
10 Apr 17The benefits of open trade are “broad and deep” and should not be forgone, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organisation have stressed.
10 Apr 17Government support for agriculture in the Philippines is inefficient and in some ways counterproductive, increasing the country’s malnutrition problem, the OECD has said.
10 Apr 17At least $2.7bn worth of property in Brazil’s São Paulo is owned via secretive companies registered in offshore jurisdictions, an investigation by Transparency International has found.
10 Apr 17The Zika epidemic could cost Latin America and the Caribbean $18bn by 2018, an analysis by the United Nations Development Programme has found.
7 Apr 17Fitch Ratings has today downgraded South Africa’s credit rating to junk status following president Jacob Zuma’s dismissal of trusted finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
7 Apr 17Brexit could put Africa’s future growth at risk, Adam Elhiraika, director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has said.
7 Apr 17The success of domestic monetary policy can be hamstrung by the impact of sudden foreign shocks in globally integrated economies, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
7 Apr 17Greece and its creditors have chipped away at a deadlock over the next phase of its €86bn bailout deal, reaching an agreement on the “overarching issues”.
6 Apr 17Campaigners have called for greater transparency in British aid spending as it is channelled through an increasingly broad range of government departments.
6 Apr 17The share of overseas aid that is given without conditions and untied to businesses in donor countries has dropped for the second time in two years, the OECD has said.
6 Apr 17Ukraine could be on track to receive a total of $5.5bn from the International Monetary Fund this year if the country presses ahead with anti-corruption and pension reforms.
6 Apr 17Aid agencies are failing to take full advantage of the transformative potential of humanitarian cash transfers, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has concluded.
6 Apr 17Pakistan will not meet its deficit target in 2017, the government has admitted, as the International Monetary Fund warned more tax increases and spending cuts will be needed to maintain progress.
6 Apr 17Asia-Pacific now accounts for 60% of the world’s economic growth, more than any other region, the Asian Development Bank has highlighted.
5 Apr 17Progress is being made with European Union member state’s partnership spending plans, but performance measures are too complex, auditors have concluded.
5 Apr 17The UK has pledged almost £100m of new funding to help landmine clearance in developing countries, tripling its existing commitment in the area.
4 Apr 17The US has pulled its funding for a United Nations body focused on family planning and reproductive health, it emerged today.
4 Apr 17Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest level in eight years in February, but auditors have warned that the bloc’s effort to reduce youth unemployment has fallen short of expectations.
4 Apr 17Governments must take an active role and “unleash entrepreneurship” if productivity is to be improved, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said.
4 Apr 17Almost all Caribbean nations have adopted IPSAS or are in the process of doing so, according to a recent study.
