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20 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of almost $1.4bn to help Pakistan resolve its energy crisis.
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19 Nov 15
Opaqueness, inefficiency and other ills of public procurement systems are blocking the ability of firms to do business with governments in developing countries, the World Bank has said.
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19 Nov 15
Refugees, hospitals and infrastructure projects are among the beneficiaries of over €12bn worth of new loans from the European Investment Bank.
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19 Nov 15
Better-educated people in lower-income countries can struggle to find suitable work, according to the International Labour Organisation.
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19 Nov 15
The International Monetary Fund will disburse $42.1m to help Madagascar balance its books and reduce poverty, its executive board has announced.
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19 Nov 15
Road deaths could be a bigger killer than HIV-AIDS by 2020 without more funding and cooperation to deliver improved road safety, World Bank officials have said.
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18 Nov 15
Key donors have saved the World Food Programme from suspending its food assistance to those affected by drought in Ethiopia.
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18 Nov 15
Local government reforms in Kenya are to receive $23.5m in support from the UK government.
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18 Nov 15
The Greek government and its European creditors reached a tentative compromise on Tuesday, paving the way for the release of $12bn in financial aid after a long stand off.
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18 Nov 15
African policymakers have committed to accelerate infrastructure development across the continent with a view to boosting regional integration and economic growth.
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18 Nov 15
The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
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17 Nov 15
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a $200m loan for Egypt towards a $1.3bn project to overcome the country’s energy shortfall.
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17 Nov 15
Leaders of the world’s major economies have agreed to co-operate to face down the global terrorist threat, including how it is financed.
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17 Nov 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $46.14m disbursement to Sierra Leone as it recovers from the Ebola outbreak.
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17 Nov 15
New Zealand’s Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has listed its first multi-billion dollar local government bond, boosting the country’s debt market by 41%.
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16 Nov 15
The OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) reforms do not go far enough in changing the international corporate tax system, G20 leaders have been told.
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16 Nov 15
A $52m project will see two towns in Lao benefit from improved infrastructure and urban services by the end of 2020.
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16 Nov 15
In the wake of the Paris attacks, the European Council and Parliament have reached an early deal on the EU's 2016 Budget, giving extra funding for the refugee crisis and more investment in growth and...
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16 Nov 15
Transparency International has accused all but one of the G20 governments of failing to keep their promises to fight corruption made at the Brisbane summit a year ago.
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16 Nov 15
G20 governments hand out $444bn a year in fossil fuel subsidies, marrying “bad economics with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate”, research has claimed
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16 Nov 15
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $17m to help those affected by the worst drought to hit Ethiopia in decades.
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13 Nov 15
Rwanda and Uganda will receive $50m each from the Climate Investment Funds to support renewable energy plans.
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13 Nov 15
The World Bank approved $200m of credit today for a results-based rural sanitation and water supply programme that is expected to benefit five million people in Vietnam.
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13 Nov 15
Developing countries are in an “age of choice” when it comes to financing their national development strategies and the decisions they make will have impacts on debt sustainability,...
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13 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a total of $162m worth of funding for Myanmar this week as the country elected its first democratic government for more than 50 years with a victory for Aung...