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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
The European Union’s flagship biodiversity programme, Natura 2000, requires better oversight and financial management, auditors have said.
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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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20 Feb 17
The world’s first famine in five years has been declared in regions of South Sudan, where more than 40% of the population is in severe need of food.
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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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17 Feb 17
The UK should slash its £12bn per year aid budget by 80%, one of the country’s most right wing popular parties has said.
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16 Feb 17
Falling health funding in Timor-Leste must be met with better planning and policies to manage rising costs, the World Bank has said.
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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.
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15 Feb 17
Authorities regulating the financial sector lack transparency, creating mistrust and hampering the effectiveness of systems designed to prevent financial crime, Transparency International has found.
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15 Feb 17
The risk of famine and severe food insecurity in eastern Africa is being compounded by the emergence of new pests and rising food prices.
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15 Feb 17
Weak growth in Germany, Italy and Greece in the final quarter of last year has dampened an optimistic outlook for the ever-sluggish eurozone.
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14 Feb 17
Overfishing is costing the global economy more than $80bn per year in lost revenues, the World Bank has found.
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14 Feb 17
Many international institutions do not have the capacity or trust needed to solve today’s conflicts, and this includes the United Nations, the organisation’s chief has said.
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14 Feb 17
The International Monetary Fund opened a first-of-its-kind training and technical assistance centre in South Asia yesterday.
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14 Feb 17
All 27 European Union economies are forecast to grow for three years in a row – marking the first time the European Commission has made such a prediction in almost a decade.
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13 Feb 17
Countries can “leapfrog” periods of slower development by linking tax policy reform with measures to improve collection and administration, Christine Lagarde has said.
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13 Feb 17
UK aid’s parliamentary watchdog has raised “serious concerns” about the conduct of one of the country’s main aid contractors.
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13 Feb 17
Swiss voters rejected government plans to overhaul the country's controversial multinational tax system in a referendum yesterday.
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10 Feb 17
African cities must become more global if they are to fulfil their growth potential, the World Bank has said.
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10 Feb 17
Australia’s plan to eliminate its deficit risks being overly ambitious and doing more harm than good in an economy stuck in a “new mediocre”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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10 Feb 17
Euro-area unemployment fell at a quicker pace than across other advanced economies in 2016, data from the OECD showed yesterday.
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10 Feb 17
The Nigerian government has taken control of West Africa’s most-used airline after the company began to buckle under the weight of its spiralling debts.
21 Feb 17Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
21 Feb 17The European Union’s flagship biodiversity programme, Natura 2000, requires better oversight and financial management, auditors have said.
20 Feb 17Mongolia has secured a provisional agreement for a $5.5bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, preventing a slip in its international credit rating.
20 Feb 17Hungary 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...
20 Feb 17The world’s first famine in five years has been declared in regions of South Sudan, where more than 40% of the population is in severe need of food.
17 Feb 17Growth in West Africa is at risk due to governments continually shelving plans to cut spending and raise taxes, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
17 Feb 17Significant changes to the operation of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund have been outlined in proposals from the Norwegian government.
17 Feb 17The UK should slash its £12bn per year aid budget by 80%, one of the country’s most right wing popular parties has said.
16 Feb 17Falling health funding in Timor-Leste must be met with better planning and policies to manage rising costs, the World Bank has said.
16 Feb 17The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
16 Feb 17MEPs have ratified CETA, the controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, despite heavy resistance from the public.
15 Feb 17Authorities regulating the financial sector lack transparency, creating mistrust and hampering the effectiveness of systems designed to prevent financial crime, Transparency International has found.
15 Feb 17The risk of famine and severe food insecurity in eastern Africa is being compounded by the emergence of new pests and rising food prices.
15 Feb 17Weak growth in Germany, Italy and Greece in the final quarter of last year has dampened an optimistic outlook for the ever-sluggish eurozone.
14 Feb 17Overfishing is costing the global economy more than $80bn per year in lost revenues, the World Bank has found.
14 Feb 17Many international institutions do not have the capacity or trust needed to solve today’s conflicts, and this includes the United Nations, the organisation’s chief has said.
14 Feb 17The International Monetary Fund opened a first-of-its-kind training and technical assistance centre in South Asia yesterday.
14 Feb 17All 27 European Union economies are forecast to grow for three years in a row – marking the first time the European Commission has made such a prediction in almost a decade.
13 Feb 17Countries can “leapfrog” periods of slower development by linking tax policy reform with measures to improve collection and administration, Christine Lagarde has said.
10 Feb 17African cities must become more global if they are to fulfil their growth potential, the World Bank has said.
10 Feb 17Australia’s plan to eliminate its deficit risks being overly ambitious and doing more harm than good in an economy stuck in a “new mediocre”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
10 Feb 17Euro-area unemployment fell at a quicker pace than across other advanced economies in 2016, data from the OECD showed yesterday.
10 Feb 17The Nigerian government has taken control of West Africa’s most-used airline after the company began to buckle under the weight of its spiralling debts.
