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18 Jan 16
The Asian Development Bank is extending a loan to an international leasing company to up to $75m to help the firm expand badly needed funding for healthcare equipment and facilities in China.
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18 Jan 16
Sixty-two people own as much wealth as the poorest half of planet’s population combined, an Oxfam report has revealed.
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18 Jan 16
The gap in humanitarian funding is solvable with “fresh thinking and the determination to take bold decisions”, Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations secretary general has concluded.
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18 Jan 16
The new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was formally opened by Chinese president Xi Jinping over the weekend.
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18 Jan 16
International sanctions on Iran were lifted over the weekend after the United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed the country had complied with obligations under the US-led nuclear accord, agreed last...
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15 Jan 16
The United Nations has called for coordinated regional action to address a growing refugee crisis in Central America.
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15 Jan 16
The global community needs to get its “priorities right” and do “more and better work” in 2016 towards the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations general secretary has urged.
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15 Jan 16
Myanmar has announced new requirements for assessing the environmental and social impacts of development projects, which have been worked up with assistance from the Asian Development Bank.
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15 Jan 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $76.11m loan to help deliver a sustainable water supply and sanitation to four towns in Ethiopia.
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15 Jan 16
The Asian Development Bank is to work with Papua New Guinea to help the country integrate climate risks and resilience into its development.
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15 Jan 16
A United Nations app that allows users to donate through via their smart phone has achieved its first goal of ensuring 20,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan have vital nutrition at school for one year.
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15 Jan 16
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, less than a day after the three countries worst hit by the outbreak in West Africa were declared to be free of the virus simultaneously.
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14 Jan 16
European Union member states have fallen far short in a number of areas outlined in the European Agenda on Migration – the European Commission’s response to the refugee crisis – the commission said...
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14 Jan 16
The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will visit China this week to finalise the country’s membership of the bank.
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14 Jan 16
Four billion people still lack access to the internet and the anticipated gains for growth, employment and public services from digital technologies is falling short of expectations, the World Bank...
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14 Jan 16
Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is neither robust or inclusive enough to support the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia...
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14 Jan 16
Ghana will have to undertake a wide range of ambitious fiscal and public financial management reforms to keep its economy on the right track, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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14 Jan 16
All three of the west African countries hardest hit by Ebola are currently free of the virus for the first time since the start of the epidemic two years ago, after the most recent outbreak of the...
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13 Jan 16
Almost $8bn is needed to support people in Syria and the surrounding region as the conflict heads into its sixth year with no signs of ending, according to three United Nations agencies.
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13 Jan 16
The number of international migrants has grown faster than the world’s population, new United Nations statistics have revealed.
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13 Jan 16
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has reported record investments of €9.4bn and a €0.8bn profit in 2015.
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13 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund will support Iraq in the implementation of its programme of fiscal consolidation and public financial management.
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13 Jan 16
The European Commission’s top tax official has said countries have “looked the other way” in the face of serious tax avoidance and pledged to take action this year to improve transparency.
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12 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund is to release around $498.1m to Pakistan following a successful review of the country’s performance under an IMF budget support programme.
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12 Jan 16
A hydropower plant planned for one Liberia’s remote Lofa County has received World Bank funding of $27m.