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29 Apr 16
The African Development Bank is to loan Botswana $76.2m to support the country’s economic diversification plan.
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29 Apr 16
Argentina may be about to address its longstanding anti-corruption shortfalls, according to the OECD.
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28 Apr 16
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has had his call for a snap European Union summit rejected as fears grow around a repeat of last summer’s crisis that almost saw Greece ejected from the eurozone.
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28 Apr 16
A $2bn and rising funding gap threatens to hamper the global response to the El Niño weather pattern, the United Nations warned ahead of an appeal meeting earlier this week.
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28 Apr 16
South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as vice president, marking a significant milestone in plans for a national unity government that were almost derailed last week.
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28 Apr 16
Nigeria has urged the World Bank to help ensure the swift repatriation of $320m in stolen Nigerian funds currently being held in Switzerland.
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28 Apr 16
Local governments’ recourse to capital markets is on the rise, fuelled by growing issuances in China, Fitch Ratings has found.
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26 Apr 16
Chile is missing out on potential economic growth and social wellbeing as a result of weak regulation, the OECD has warned.
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26 Apr 16
An unprecedented explosion in the working-age population in Asia Pacific risks dire consequences if not properly managed, the United Nations Development Programme has warned.
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26 Apr 16
The European Commission has proposed an additional €414m to alleviate food crises sparked across the globe by a strong El Niño.
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26 Apr 16
Saudi Arabia has unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul the country’s economy and end its “addiction to oil”.
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25 Apr 16
Mozambique’s government has come clean about $1bn worth of borrowing it hid from the International Monetary Fund.
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25 Apr 16
The International Monetary Fund has advised Vietnam to tighten its belt in the face of sharp increases in public debt.
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25 Apr 16
India’s government seems “reluctant” to solve its affordable urban housing crisis, with luxury real estate and development projects prioritised over the housing needs of poorer people, a United...
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25 Apr 16
The European Union is to deliver a €105m grant to Nepal, pledged in June last year, a few months after the small Asian nation was hit by a devastating earthquake.
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25 Apr 16
Over twenty more nations will share details on the true owners of secretive companies after joining up to the anti-tax evasion initiative headed by Europe’s five largest economies.
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22 Apr 16
The Asian Development Bank saw record demand for its resources in 2015, according to its annual report, as countries in the region sought to boost sluggish growth, reduce inequality, and tackle...
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22 Apr 16
The historic climate change agreement reached in Paris last December has been formally ratified at the United Nations today, marking the first step towards putting the deal into practice.
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22 Apr 16
A new local government institute is to help build the public financial management capacity of local authorities in Rwanda.
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21 Apr 16
Bermuda has become the latest nation to adopt the OECD’s tax transparency agreement, under which detailed reports on multinational companies’ operations are shared between tax administrations.
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21 Apr 16
Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has announced one-off taxes, asset sales and potential new bond issuances to help pay for the recovery bill from last Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
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21 Apr 16
The Asian Development Bank is to provide $300m to support road upgrades in Uttar Pradesh, its first ever loan for this purpose to India’s most populous state.
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20 Apr 16
Argentina has returned to the international bond market for the first time since its sovereign debt default in 2001 with a $16.5bn issue.
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20 Apr 16
South Sudan’s fragile peace deal is at risk after rebel leader Riek Machar failed to return to the capital to form a transitional government.
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20 Apr 16
Value for money for international aid spending is often undermined by deficiencies in the United Nations system, a review by the UK parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has found.