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19 May 15
Central American countries are now eligible to join a World Bank-backed insurance scheme that offers protection for government finances in the event of natural catastrophes such as hurricanes,...
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19 May 15
The World Bank will provide around $650m during the next 12 to 18 months to help Ebola-stricken countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the social and economic impact of the deadly...
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19 May 15
Accountability produces better public services and is essential for long-term stability in the Middle East and North African region, the World Bank has argued.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Latin America & Caribbean you might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East and Africa you might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US and Canada you might have missed.
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19 May 15
The head of the African Development Bank has responded swiftly to predictions that economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will slow this year, claiming that ‘Africa is still rising’.
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19 May 15
International donors need to increase their aid funding if global health, education and social protection targets in low-income countries are to be met, the Overseas Development Institute has said.
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19 May 15
Japan’s should take urgent action to boost growth – the ‘third arrow’ of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s structural reform plan – if it is to secure a robust recovery...
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19 May 15
The Brazilian economy is expected to contract this year because of squeezed public spending and a cut in investment from state-owned oil company Petrobras, the International Monetary Fund said.
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19 May 15
The World Bank has trimmed its East Asia and Pacific growth forecast for 2015/16 to 6.7%, slightly down from the 6.9% projected last year.
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19 May 15
Global unemployment fell by 0.1 percentage points to 7% in February this year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s latest snapshot.
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19 May 15
The increase in groundwater extraction needs to be properly managed to ensure reserves are used sustainably, a group of international agencies has said.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East and Africa you might have missed.
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19 May 15
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to work together and develop a financial framework that boosts public and private sector cash for post-2015...
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19 May 15
Moldova is likely to slip into recession this year because of reduced foreign investment, slow growth in the European Union and economic and geopolitical trouble in Russia, the World Bank has warned.
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19 May 15
Current reforms in France are not enough to boost the labour market, curb high levels of public spending and tax, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned.
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19 May 15
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided a €13m loan to the Serbian capital Belgrade to allow it to improve the water supply.
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19 May 15
Greece will repay €450m to the International Monetary Fund on Thursday under the terms of its original bailout deal, it was confirmed over the weekend.
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19 May 15
The Russian economy is expected to hit a protracted recession in the next two years as a result of the slump in oil prices and the impact of Western sanctions and geopolitical tensions following the...
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19 May 15
Portugal has completed the demanding economic reforms required as part of its eurozone bailout and the country is beginning to see the benefits of the programme, the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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19 May 15
The government of Tunisia must become more transparent if it is to complete its economic transformation following the Arab Spring, a senior International Monetary Fund figure has said.
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14 May 15
Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
19 May 15Central American countries are now eligible to join a World Bank-backed insurance scheme that offers protection for government finances in the event of natural catastrophes such as hurricanes,...
19 May 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Latin America & Caribbean you might have missed.
19 May 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East and Africa you might have missed.
19 May 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US and Canada you might have missed.
19 May 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
19 May 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
19 May 15United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to work together and develop a financial framework that boosts public and private sector cash for post-2015...
19 May 15The Russian economy is expected to hit a protracted recession in the next two years as a result of the slump in oil prices and the impact of Western sanctions and geopolitical tensions following the...
14 May 15Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
