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13 Jun 16
Panama must increase its financial integrity and transparency in order to safeguard its role as an international financial centre and protect its dynamic economy, the International Monetary Fund has...
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13 Jun 16
The European economy must address some major new challenges as well as unresolved problems in order to sustain its gradual recovery, the OECD has said.
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13 Jun 16
A petition to end the UK’s commitment to spent 0.7% of national income on foreign aid is to be debated in the country’s parliament today.
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10 Jun 16
Tackling badly coordinated policies will be key to stimulating stubbornly low productivity growth, the OECD has said.
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10 Jun 16
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has secured its first co-financing deal with the Asian Development Bank.
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10 Jun 16
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon was forced to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from its children’s rights ‘blacklist’ because a number of countries threatened to withdraw...
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9 Jun 16
The Venezuelan government has said it will begin distributing food directly to families in the capital Caracas as the country’s economic crisis brings hungry protestors out in droves every day.
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9 Jun 16
Increasing violence and unrest cost the world economy $13.6 trillion, or 13.3% of global GDP, in 2015, according to the annual Global Peace Index.
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9 Jun 16
Antoinette Sayeh, director of the International Monetary Fund’s African Department, is to retire later this year.
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8 Jun 16
The UK’s lack of a “strategic and comprehensive approach” to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is deeply concerning, the country’s International Development Select Committee has...
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8 Jun 16
Thailand’s economic recovery from the political volatility of the past few years is gaining traction, but growth is still trailing other Asian economies and remains at risk, the International...
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8 Jun 16
A G8 initiative to facilitate corporate investment in African agriculture has benefited big companies while smallholder farmers have lost land and money, the European Parliament has concluded.
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8 Jun 16
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecasts for 2016 to 2.4%, from the already modest 2.9% it predicted in January.
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7 Jun 16
The World Bank is to help Moldova overhaul its tax administration to bring in a centralised and unified system that will improve revenue collection, compliance and services.
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7 Jun 16
The world is about to undergo a “transition to a new order” in global trade with the Asian and African regions accruing increasing power while Europe declines, a joint-report by the Dubai Multi...
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7 Jun 16
Asian governments’ resolve to push through environmentally friendly investments and policies may falter in the face of the current weak economic outlook, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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7 Jun 16
Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund urged Uganda to increase spending on public infrastructure while also ensuring more projects are delivered on time and to budget.
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7 Jun 16
Proposals for a universal basic income were overwhelmingly rejected by Switzerland’s voters in a referendum on Sunday, with 78% saying no to the scheme.
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6 Jun 16
The British government was slammed this weekend for “hijacking” aid to bankroll big business, military and anti-immigration policies.
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6 Jun 16
Improving the performance of finance ministries around the world was the topic of a roundtable discussion at the UK’s Treasury.
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3 Jun 16
Securing debt and sanctions relief will be critical to Sudan’s continued recovery as growth remains constrained despite successful policies, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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3 Jun 16
The way the international community deals with fragile states needs an urgent rethink, according to the director of the London School of Economics’ International Growth Centre.
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3 Jun 16
Brazil’s economy has declined for the fifth consecutive quarter in what the finance ministry described as one of the deepest recessions in the country’s history.
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2 Jun 16
Nigeria is due to start a long-awaited programme to clean up the country’s oil-contaminated Ogoniland region in the Niger Delta, which will cost around $1bn.
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2 Jun 16
South Sudan will fall into even deeper economic crisis, resulting in further suffering for its people and threatening the already fragile peace process, without a change in policy and support from...