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17 Dec 15
The International Monetary Fund has deemed the $3bn Ukrainian Eurobond held by Russia to be an official inter-governmental loan rather than private finance.
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16 Dec 15
United Nations-sponsored talks to resolve conflict and establish a ceasefire in Yemen kicked off in Geneva yesterday with the declaration that parties had agreed to suspend hostilities.
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16 Dec 15
Nine in ten of the registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan are either poor now or expected to be poor in the future and live on the margins of society with few legal rights or access to services...
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16 Dec 15
The United States has announced $173m worth of emergency food assistance for South Sudan to help 2.4 million people facing life-threatening hunger in the country.
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16 Dec 15
Government donors have pledged the highest ever initial amount for the United Nations refugee agency at a conference in Geneva today.
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16 Dec 15
A European border and coastguard agency will be established to police the region’s external borders in a bid to better manage the refugee crisis, the European Commission has announced.
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16 Dec 15
Increased capital spending in Indonesia could spur higher growth in the country in 2016, the World Bank has said.
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15 Dec 15
Public infrastructure investment has fallen in nearly half of regions across the European Union since 2010, with projects in large cities hit hardest, a report by the EU’s Committee of the Regions...
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15 Dec 15
China and Lebanon have been approved to become shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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15 Dec 15
The Inter-American Development Bank will loan Chile $130m to fight corruption and increase transparency in public spending, including procurement.
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15 Dec 15
Auditors have warned that European Union member states’ energy supplies remain insecure and increasingly vulnerable as the region starts to move towards a greener future.
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15 Dec 15
Portugal’s foreign aid budget is dwindling and action is needed to stop it declining further, an OECD review has found.
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14 Dec 15
Italy is to contribute €4.7m to the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund.
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14 Dec 15
Public finance reforms in Madagascar are to receive a $55m helping hand from the World Bank.
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14 Dec 15
A landmark deal to tackle climate change agreed at the COP21 summit in Paris over the weekend is a “monumental triumph”, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said.
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11 Dec 15
UK international development minister Nick Hurd has called for a global response to the increasingly desperate situation in Ethiopia.
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11 Dec 15
A policy change will now allow the International Monetary Fund to lend to countries that are in arrears with their creditors.
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11 Dec 15
European countries may not have taken advantage of opportunities to improve their tax and benefit systems that arose from the financial crisis, a UK think-tank has said.
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11 Dec 15
Prince Charles has called for an ambitious and committed public, private and civil society partnership that can “re-wire” the global economy to eliminate its harmful impact on the environment.
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11 Dec 15
The African Development Bank has approved $18.34m in grants to support public financial management reforms in Chad.
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10 Dec 15
All-of-Government procurement contracts will save New Zealand an estimated NZ$699m, almost NZ$300m more than previously forecast, Steven Joyce, the country’s minister for economic development,...
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10 Dec 15
The Asian Development Bank has announced it will draw on government-backed and private sector sources to provide $1bn of funding for India’s renewable energy sector.
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10 Dec 15
More countries are getting closer to eliminating malaria and saving millions of dollars in healthcare costs, the World Health Organisation has said. However, funding will have to increase almost...
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10 Dec 15
The European Union and San Marino have signed a “landmark” tax transparency agreement, which the European Commission said marks the end of bank secrecy between the two.
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9 Dec 15
A “high ambition coalition” consisting of more than 100 countries has called for a climate deal that is both as strong as possible and legally binding.
17 Dec 15The International Monetary Fund has deemed the $3bn Ukrainian Eurobond held by Russia to be an official inter-governmental loan rather than private finance.
16 Dec 15United Nations-sponsored talks to resolve conflict and establish a ceasefire in Yemen kicked off in Geneva yesterday with the declaration that parties had agreed to suspend hostilities.
16 Dec 15Nine in ten of the registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan are either poor now or expected to be poor in the future and live on the margins of society with few legal rights or access to services...
16 Dec 15The United States has announced $173m worth of emergency food assistance for South Sudan to help 2.4 million people facing life-threatening hunger in the country.
16 Dec 15Government donors have pledged the highest ever initial amount for the United Nations refugee agency at a conference in Geneva today.
16 Dec 15A European border and coastguard agency will be established to police the region’s external borders in a bid to better manage the refugee crisis, the European Commission has announced.
16 Dec 15Increased capital spending in Indonesia could spur higher growth in the country in 2016, the World Bank has said.
15 Dec 15Public infrastructure investment has fallen in nearly half of regions across the European Union since 2010, with projects in large cities hit hardest, a report by the EU’s Committee of the Regions...
15 Dec 15China and Lebanon have been approved to become shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
15 Dec 15The Inter-American Development Bank will loan Chile $130m to fight corruption and increase transparency in public spending, including procurement.
15 Dec 15Auditors have warned that European Union member states’ energy supplies remain insecure and increasingly vulnerable as the region starts to move towards a greener future.
15 Dec 15Portugal’s foreign aid budget is dwindling and action is needed to stop it declining further, an OECD review has found.
14 Dec 15Italy is to contribute €4.7m to the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund.
14 Dec 15Public finance reforms in Madagascar are to receive a $55m helping hand from the World Bank.
14 Dec 15A landmark deal to tackle climate change agreed at the COP21 summit in Paris over the weekend is a “monumental triumph”, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said.
11 Dec 15UK international development minister Nick Hurd has called for a global response to the increasingly desperate situation in Ethiopia.
11 Dec 15A policy change will now allow the International Monetary Fund to lend to countries that are in arrears with their creditors.
11 Dec 15European countries may not have taken advantage of opportunities to improve their tax and benefit systems that arose from the financial crisis, a UK think-tank has said.
11 Dec 15Prince Charles has called for an ambitious and committed public, private and civil society partnership that can “re-wire” the global economy to eliminate its harmful impact on the environment.
11 Dec 15The African Development Bank has approved $18.34m in grants to support public financial management reforms in Chad.
10 Dec 15All-of-Government procurement contracts will save New Zealand an estimated NZ$699m, almost NZ$300m more than previously forecast, Steven Joyce, the country’s minister for economic development,...
10 Dec 15The Asian Development Bank has announced it will draw on government-backed and private sector sources to provide $1bn of funding for India’s renewable energy sector.
10 Dec 15More countries are getting closer to eliminating malaria and saving millions of dollars in healthcare costs, the World Health Organisation has said. However, funding will have to increase almost...
10 Dec 15The European Union and San Marino have signed a “landmark” tax transparency agreement, which the European Commission said marks the end of bank secrecy between the two.
9 Dec 15A “high ambition coalition” consisting of more than 100 countries has called for a climate deal that is both as strong as possible and legally binding.
