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19 Jan 17
The European Commission has called on Italy to reduce its 2017 deficit by around €3.4bn ($3.64bn) to avoid potential sanctions for breaking European Union spending rules.
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19 Jan 17
The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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19 Jan 17
A coalition of governments, businesses and philanthropists has pledged $460m to create vaccines to halt diseases before they can spread.
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19 Jan 17
The International Monetary Fund has slashed Saudi Arabia’s 2017 growth forecast by 1.6 percentage points this week, as OPEC-agreed cuts to oil production weigh on the country’s already struggling...
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18 Jan 17
With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
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18 Jan 17
Barack Obama’s administration in the US has approved a grant worth $500m for the UN-affiliated Green Climate Fund, three days before the president leaves office.
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17 Jan 17
National statistical offices must be strengthened in order to meet the data challenge presented by the Sustainable Development Goals, a top United Nations official has told a forum of data experts.
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17 Jan 17
The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
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17 Jan 17
Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
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16 Jan 17
Previous predictions of higher global growth over the next two years are likely to be realised, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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16 Jan 17
Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
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16 Jan 17
Power needs to be shifted out of the hands of drug manufacturers in order to ease pressure on public health spending caused by a proliferation of high-cost medicines, the OECD has said.
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16 Jan 17
Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rising global inequality into perspective.
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16 Jan 17
New investment in clean energy fell by 18% across the world last year in dollar terms, according to research published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last week.
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13 Jan 17
“Management weaknesses” in the European Commission have contributed to reducing the effectiveness of recent EU aid to Honduras, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of...
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13 Jan 17
The Nigerian government looks set to “imminently” launch its new development bank, which will focus on providing finance for micro, small and medium-sized firms.
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13 Jan 17
Australia is to set up an independent body to monitor parliamentary expenses after the country’s health minister resigned amid a scandal over travel costs she is alleged to have claimed...
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13 Jan 17
Social discontent could rise as unemployment and inequality increase in the next few years, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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12 Jan 17
Guidance to help developing countries combat tax avoidance achieved through the misuse of transfer pricing mechanisms has been published by the World Bank.
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12 Jan 17
UK aid cash transfer programmes that have been excoriated in the British press have been found to deliver strong value for money and reduce poverty by the country’s aid watchdog.
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11 Jan 17
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
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11 Jan 17
Failing to crack down on the tobacco industry will cost the world more than $1tn annually, the World Health Organisation has said, countering industry claims that more controls will hurt nations’...
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11 Jan 17
Sluggish global growth looks on track to speed up moderately in 2017, the World Bank has predicted, but stagnant trade, weak investment and substantial uncertainty put even this modest recovery at...
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10 Jan 17
Around a fifth of all health spending is probably ineffective or wasteful, an OECD deputy director has estimated at the launch of a report looking at inefficiencies in the world’s health systems.
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10 Jan 17
The Asian Development Bank today signed a $75m loan agreement that will put 5,000 green buses on the streets of China within the next two years.
19 Jan 17The European Commission has called on Italy to reduce its 2017 deficit by around €3.4bn ($3.64bn) to avoid potential sanctions for breaking European Union spending rules.
19 Jan 17The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
19 Jan 17A coalition of governments, businesses and philanthropists has pledged $460m to create vaccines to halt diseases before they can spread.
19 Jan 17The International Monetary Fund has slashed Saudi Arabia’s 2017 growth forecast by 1.6 percentage points this week, as OPEC-agreed cuts to oil production weigh on the country’s already struggling...
18 Jan 17With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
18 Jan 17Barack Obama’s administration in the US has approved a grant worth $500m for the UN-affiliated Green Climate Fund, three days before the president leaves office.
17 Jan 17National statistical offices must be strengthened in order to meet the data challenge presented by the Sustainable Development Goals, a top United Nations official has told a forum of data experts.
17 Jan 17The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
17 Jan 17Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
16 Jan 17Previous predictions of higher global growth over the next two years are likely to be realised, the International Monetary Fund has said.
16 Jan 17Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
16 Jan 17Power needs to be shifted out of the hands of drug manufacturers in order to ease pressure on public health spending caused by a proliferation of high-cost medicines, the OECD has said.
16 Jan 17Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rising global inequality into perspective.
16 Jan 17New investment in clean energy fell by 18% across the world last year in dollar terms, according to research published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last week.
13 Jan 17Australia is to set up an independent body to monitor parliamentary expenses after the country’s health minister resigned amid a scandal over travel costs she is alleged to have claimed...
13 Jan 17Social discontent could rise as unemployment and inequality increase in the next few years, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
12 Jan 17Guidance to help developing countries combat tax avoidance achieved through the misuse of transfer pricing mechanisms has been published by the World Bank.
12 Jan 17UK aid cash transfer programmes that have been excoriated in the British press have been found to deliver strong value for money and reduce poverty by the country’s aid watchdog.
11 Jan 17The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
11 Jan 17Failing to crack down on the tobacco industry will cost the world more than $1tn annually, the World Health Organisation has said, countering industry claims that more controls will hurt nations’...
11 Jan 17Sluggish global growth looks on track to speed up moderately in 2017, the World Bank has predicted, but stagnant trade, weak investment and substantial uncertainty put even this modest recovery at...
10 Jan 17Around a fifth of all health spending is probably ineffective or wasteful, an OECD deputy director has estimated at the launch of a report looking at inefficiencies in the world’s health systems.
10 Jan 17The Asian Development Bank today signed a $75m loan agreement that will put 5,000 green buses on the streets of China within the next two years.
