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31 Oct 16
Mozambique’s bondholders have told the country its hopes to renegotiate its debts by the end of the year are “unrealistic”, according to the Financial Times.
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31 Oct 16
South Africa’s chief prosecutor has dropped fraud charges against the country’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
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31 Oct 16
The European Union and Canada have signed a long-delayed trade deal after all EU member states managed to reach consensus on the controversial and widely opposed agreement.
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27 Oct 16
The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Australian government have renewed their commitment to a unified approach in assisting the development of Pacific island countries.
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27 Oct 16
The United Nations has called for action to tackle what it called the mounting sovereign debt crises in many developing countries, which put achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals at...
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27 Oct 16
The European Commission cannot ensure the Common Agricultural Policy cross-compliance system is effective, the EU Court of Auditors has warned.
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26 Oct 16
Indonesia can expect GDP growth of 5.1% this year, thanks in part to its improved fiscal management, the World Bank has said.
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26 Oct 16
The European Union is to plough more than €74m in sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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26 Oct 16
South Africa’s National Treasury has launched the Municipal Money open local government budget data website.
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25 Oct 16
Pakistan must “forcefully address” further economic reforms to drive higher living standards, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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25 Oct 16
The Asian Development Bank has approved a country partnership strategy with Indonesia for the 2016-19 period to promote infrastructure investment and sustainable economic growth.
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25 Oct 16
The coal industry has made false claims about the fuel’s role in combating poverty, three international aid bodies have said.
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24 Oct 16
The fall in the value of the pound has created a hole in the EU’s budget for next year, according to the chief negotiator from the European Parliament.
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24 Oct 16
Zimbabwe has cleared its $108m arrears with the International Monetary Fund after 15 years.
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24 Oct 16
The United Nations has adopted an action plan to guide international policy on managing cities for the coming decades.
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24 Oct 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $20m equity investment in the Rx Healthcare Fund (RxHF), which aims to meet growing demands for specialised but affordable healthcare services across...
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24 Oct 16
Brazil, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Latvia have signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports on tax matters.
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21 Oct 16
Luxembourg has launched a climate finance platform in collaboration with the European Investment Bank to mobilise funding for projects that will help manage climate risks, it was announced yesterday.
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21 Oct 16
The size of Germany’s large current account surplus is a threat to the eurozone economy and the country should consider increasing public investment, according to a survey of economists.
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20 Oct 16
The World Bank has pledged $2bn over the next three years to help Bangladesh become less vulnerable to climate change.
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19 Oct 16
Innovative financing solutions will need to be developed in order to meet the New Urban Agenda adopted at the UN-backed Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, this week.
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19 Oct 16
Private companies that become involved in development and aid programmes need to be made accountable to wider society and not just to their shareholders, Malawi’s finance minister has said.
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19 Oct 16
Around 119 million people or 23.7% of the population of the European Union are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, official figures have shown.
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18 Oct 16
Sierra Leone is set to launch a platform that will enable citizens to report incidences of bribery in the country, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office announced yesterday.
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18 Oct 16
Greater global cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32% by 2030, according to a World Bank report.