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9 Jan 17
An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
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9 Jan 17
The independence of central banks in Europe could undergo significant changes in the future, according to a survey of economists on the continent.
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9 Jan 17
India’s economic growth will slow in the current fiscal year, according to predictions from the country’s statistics agency.
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9 Jan 17
Minimum wages and pensions are to rise by 50% in Venezuela as part of government attempts to combat runaway inflation.
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6 Jan 17
The African Development Bank has approved a $870,000 grant to promote off-grid electricity generation in Tanzania.
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5 Jan 17
Unemployment in Spain fell by the largest amount ever recorded last year, the country’s ministry of employment and social security has announced.
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5 Jan 17
China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
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5 Jan 17
Substantial waste and poor outcomes in the world’s health systems could be alleviated by correcting mismatches in the way available resources are allocated, researchers have found.
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4 Jan 17
Aid to the world’s poorest countries fell for the second year running in 2015 as donor governments prioritised refugee costs on their own soil, according to anti-poverty group the ONE Campaign.
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4 Jan 17
Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
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3 Jan 17
Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
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3 Jan 17
Information on cross-border tax rulings issued within the European Union will now be automatically shared between member states.
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3 Jan 17
António Guterres has appealed for a year of peace in 2017 in his first address as the United Nation’s new secretary general.
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22 Dec 16
Japan’s government has approved record military spending of 5.13 trillion yen ($43.66bn) for 2017-18 – the fifth consecutive annual increase in the defence budget.
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22 Dec 16
The world’s rapidly growing cities will need high quality financial management and new sources of revenue if they are invest in the high quality infrastructure needed to remain competitive, according...
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21 Dec 16
The Italian government is preparing to request €20bn from the country’s parliament in order to rescue Monte dei Paschi, the oldest surviving bank in the world.
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21 Dec 16
Cancer, strokes and heart and lung diseases will soon be a bigger threat to people in Africa than infectious outbreaks like Ebola or Zika, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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21 Dec 16
Plans for increased tax transparency across the European Union, which would have seen the details of the true owners of secretive companies made public have been watered down by national governments...
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21 Dec 16
Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
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20 Dec 16
Australia has increased its fiscal deficit forecasts for the next four years compared to May’s predictions, the most recent mid-year economic forecast has shown.
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20 Dec 16
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of negligence linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as French finance minister.
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19 Dec 16
Ukraine is to nationalise its largest lender, PrivatBank, in order to prevent a potential financial system meltdown triggered by the collapse of an institution deemed too big to fail.
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19 Dec 16
Venezuela’s president has pulled back on his sudden demonetisation of the country’s biggest bank note amid chaos and cash shortages.
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16 Dec 16
UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
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16 Dec 16
Cities in developing countries can access green finance regardless of their creditworthiness, legal ability to issue bonds or the size of the project they want to fund, according to Climate Policy...
9 Jan 17An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
9 Jan 17The independence of central banks in Europe could undergo significant changes in the future, according to a survey of economists on the continent.
9 Jan 17India’s economic growth will slow in the current fiscal year, according to predictions from the country’s statistics agency.
9 Jan 17Minimum wages and pensions are to rise by 50% in Venezuela as part of government attempts to combat runaway inflation.
6 Jan 17The African Development Bank has approved a $870,000 grant to promote off-grid electricity generation in Tanzania.
5 Jan 17Unemployment in Spain fell by the largest amount ever recorded last year, the country’s ministry of employment and social security has announced.
5 Jan 17China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
5 Jan 17Substantial waste and poor outcomes in the world’s health systems could be alleviated by correcting mismatches in the way available resources are allocated, researchers have found.
4 Jan 17Aid to the world’s poorest countries fell for the second year running in 2015 as donor governments prioritised refugee costs on their own soil, according to anti-poverty group the ONE Campaign.
4 Jan 17Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
3 Jan 17Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
3 Jan 17Information on cross-border tax rulings issued within the European Union will now be automatically shared between member states.
3 Jan 17António Guterres has appealed for a year of peace in 2017 in his first address as the United Nation’s new secretary general.
22 Dec 16Japan’s government has approved record military spending of 5.13 trillion yen ($43.66bn) for 2017-18 – the fifth consecutive annual increase in the defence budget.
22 Dec 16The world’s rapidly growing cities will need high quality financial management and new sources of revenue if they are invest in the high quality infrastructure needed to remain competitive, according...
21 Dec 16The Italian government is preparing to request €20bn from the country’s parliament in order to rescue Monte dei Paschi, the oldest surviving bank in the world.
21 Dec 16Cancer, strokes and heart and lung diseases will soon be a bigger threat to people in Africa than infectious outbreaks like Ebola or Zika, the World Health Organisation has warned.
21 Dec 16Plans for increased tax transparency across the European Union, which would have seen the details of the true owners of secretive companies made public have been watered down by national governments...
21 Dec 16Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
20 Dec 16Australia has increased its fiscal deficit forecasts for the next four years compared to May’s predictions, the most recent mid-year economic forecast has shown.
20 Dec 16International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of negligence linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as French finance minister.
19 Dec 16Ukraine is to nationalise its largest lender, PrivatBank, in order to prevent a potential financial system meltdown triggered by the collapse of an institution deemed too big to fail.
16 Dec 16UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
