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18 Aug 16
The rate of unemployment in France has fallen below 10% for the first time since 2012.
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17 Aug 16
US municipal bond issuance fell by almost a third last month according to a new trend update released today.
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17 Aug 16
Around 200,000 refugees in Uganda are to have their aid halved as funding shortages and increased arrivals from South Sudan force the aid operation to focus only on those with the greatest need.
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17 Aug 16
Angola has halved its predicted growth figures for 2016 and passed a revised budget after the impact of the commodity price slump on its heavily oil-reliant economy became apparent.
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17 Aug 16
One of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns ever attempted in Africa gets underway this week in a last-ditch effort to halt an outbreak of yellow fever that it’s feared could spread across the...
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16 Aug 16
Public funding for skills development initiatives should be tied to the programme’s labour market outcomes, the director of strategy and operations at the human development practice in the World Bank...
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16 Aug 16
The United Nations secretary general has said it is “high time” for a woman to lead the organisation after its more than 70 years of existence.
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16 Aug 16
A major Ukrainian effort to stem official corruption and thus unlock the next tranche of IMF bailout funds got off to a difficult start after campaigners highlighted systemic loopholes and condemned...
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15 Aug 16
The Ugandan government is to close all schools operated by Bridge International Academies, a large and controversial provider of commercial private schools operating mainly in Africa.
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15 Aug 16
The World Bank is the first entity to receive approval to issue bonds backed by the International Monetary Fund’s special drawing rights reserve asset in China.
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15 Aug 16
The International Monetary Fund has warned China to stem the unsustainable growth of indebtedness across its state-owned firms in its latest check up of the country’s economy, published on Friday.
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12 Aug 16
Uganda has slashed more than 5,500 ‘ghost workers’ from its civil service payroll as the country attempts to crack down on endemic graft.
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12 Aug 16
Two children have been left paralysed by polio in Nigeria’s Borno state, less than a month after the anniversary that marked two years without a case of the disease in the whole country.
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12 Aug 16
The United Nations will help Iraq root out the endemic corruption that has infected the war-torn nation’s economy and institutions, including by improving the training of auditors.
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12 Aug 16
China’s economy is still struggling with the pains of transformation, according to data published today.
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11 Aug 16
A “crisis of leadership” at the World Bank has been highlighted in an open letter to its executive directors from an influential association of staff members.
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11 Aug 16
Egypt is set to benefit from a $12bn International Monetary Fund loan over the next three years after agreeing on a programme to support economic reforms, it was announced today.
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11 Aug 16
Singapore has cut its economic growth forecasts in light of increasing global uncertainly caused in part by the Brexit vote.
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11 Aug 16
After holding the position for more than two years, Nigeria has lost the title of Africa’s largest economy in dollar terms to South Africa, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
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10 Aug 16
Poor housing is costing EU economies €194bn (£164bn) every year in healthcare, social services and lost productivity, research has found.
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10 Aug 16
Over $80bn in climate finance was mobilised for projects funded by the world’s six largest development banks in 2015, a joint report from the banks has said.
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10 Aug 16
A second aid official from Gaza has been charged by Israel for allegedly using his position to support Hamas.
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9 Aug 16
Spain and Portugal have escaped fines for breaking European Union deficit rules, the European Council have confirmed.
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9 Aug 16
The UK’s aid watchdog has warned that some aid funds going to conflict-affected areas may be being diverted from their intended purpose and said “urgent attention” is needed to...
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8 Aug 16
Eastern Africa should look to fund development using domestic savings and remittances rather than debt, foreign direct investment or aid, the United Nations has said.