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2 Aug 16
Australia, the UK and South Korea are world leaders in using e-government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a United Nations survey.
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2 Aug 16
Child hunger costs Ghana some $2.6bn every year, equivalent to 6.4% of the country’s GDP, a report from the United Nations has found.
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2 Aug 16
The UK’s candidate for its next European commissioner, Sir Julian King, will be given the security brief by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, it was announced today.
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1 Aug 16
The Tunisian parliament has overwhelmingly voted to sack the country’s prime minister Habib Essid, effectively dissolving the government.
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1 Aug 16
The president of the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York has called for caution before going ahead with another increase in interest rates in light of risks to the nation’s economy.
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1 Aug 16
The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian aid missions to north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state after a convoy was attacked last week.
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1 Aug 16
From today, Greece will ease stringent capital controls in the hope of luring back some of the cash pulled from Greek banks at the height of last year’s crisis.
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29 Jul 16
IPSASB has updated its accounting standard covering employee benefits, it was announced on Thursday.
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29 Jul 16
Nigeria’s ministry of works has already spent nearly a quarter of its increased budget in less than three months as part of a programme to boost capital spending, the country’s minister for power,...
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29 Jul 16
The International Monetary Fund underestimated the risks of the eurozone debt crisis and overrode its own procedures to make unsustainable loans, a key report published today has concluded.
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29 Jul 16
Growth across the eurozone has slowed in the second quarter of 2016, according to figures released today.
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28 Jul 16
Switzerland is one of ten countries said to have made sound progress toward greater tax transparency in recent years, according to the OECD.
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28 Jul 16
Drought-stricken nations across southern Africa have declared a regional disaster and launched a $2.4bn dollar appeal to assist millions of citizens in dire need of food aid.
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28 Jul 16
IPSASB has launched a consultation seeking views on how to account for currency in circulation, monetary gold and International Monetary Fund quota subscriptions and its special drawing rights.
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28 Jul 16
The Asian Development Bank has raised around $74m from the issuance of five-year, offshore Indian rupee-linked bonds.
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28 Jul 16
Japan will launch a 28 trillion yen ($266bn) economic stimulus package in another attempt to kickstart the country’s ailing economy, according to reports.
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27 Jul 16
The European Commission has called for fines mooted against Spain and Portugal for excessive deficits to be cancelled and new fiscal goals to be set.
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27 Jul 16
The environmental and social impacts of a $14bn hydropower dam will be assessed before construction begins later this year, the African Development Bank has guaranteed.
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27 Jul 16
Only three major developed economies saw real-term falls in wages from 2007-15, despite the financial crisis, an analysis has found today.
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27 Jul 16
Cash transfers do not discourage the world’s poorest and most vulnerable adults from working, research by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has found.
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27 Jul 16
The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has removed from office the country’s first vice president Riek Machar, his fierce rival and leader of the opposition, it has been reported.
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27 Jul 16
A new online platform launched this week by the United Nations Development Programme will directly address the needs of the urban poor, it is hoped.
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27 Jul 16
Tackling poverty, corruption, conflict and problems with basic services in Nigeria is one of the most important development challenges of this century, according to the UK’s International Development...
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26 Jul 16
The private sector must play a leading role in driving prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa despite political instability and a lack of financing, according to development banks.
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26 Jul 16
The World Bank has suspended its payments to the first phase of what will be the world's largest dam amid concerns over compliance with environmental and social standards.
2 Aug 16Australia, the UK and South Korea are world leaders in using e-government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a United Nations survey.
2 Aug 16Child hunger costs Ghana some $2.6bn every year, equivalent to 6.4% of the country’s GDP, a report from the United Nations has found.
2 Aug 16The UK’s candidate for its next European commissioner, Sir Julian King, will be given the security brief by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, it was announced today.
1 Aug 16The Tunisian parliament has overwhelmingly voted to sack the country’s prime minister Habib Essid, effectively dissolving the government.
1 Aug 16The president of the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York has called for caution before going ahead with another increase in interest rates in light of risks to the nation’s economy.
1 Aug 16The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian aid missions to north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state after a convoy was attacked last week.
1 Aug 16From today, Greece will ease stringent capital controls in the hope of luring back some of the cash pulled from Greek banks at the height of last year’s crisis.
29 Jul 16IPSASB has updated its accounting standard covering employee benefits, it was announced on Thursday.
29 Jul 16Nigeria’s ministry of works has already spent nearly a quarter of its increased budget in less than three months as part of a programme to boost capital spending, the country’s minister for power,...
29 Jul 16The International Monetary Fund underestimated the risks of the eurozone debt crisis and overrode its own procedures to make unsustainable loans, a key report published today has concluded.
29 Jul 16Growth across the eurozone has slowed in the second quarter of 2016, according to figures released today.
28 Jul 16Switzerland is one of ten countries said to have made sound progress toward greater tax transparency in recent years, according to the OECD.
28 Jul 16Drought-stricken nations across southern Africa have declared a regional disaster and launched a $2.4bn dollar appeal to assist millions of citizens in dire need of food aid.
28 Jul 16The Asian Development Bank has raised around $74m from the issuance of five-year, offshore Indian rupee-linked bonds.
28 Jul 16Japan will launch a 28 trillion yen ($266bn) economic stimulus package in another attempt to kickstart the country’s ailing economy, according to reports.
27 Jul 16The environmental and social impacts of a $14bn hydropower dam will be assessed before construction begins later this year, the African Development Bank has guaranteed.
27 Jul 16Cash transfers do not discourage the world’s poorest and most vulnerable adults from working, research by the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has found.
27 Jul 16The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has removed from office the country’s first vice president Riek Machar, his fierce rival and leader of the opposition, it has been reported.
27 Jul 16A new online platform launched this week by the United Nations Development Programme will directly address the needs of the urban poor, it is hoped.
26 Jul 16The private sector must play a leading role in driving prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa despite political instability and a lack of financing, according to development banks.
