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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacificyou might have missed.
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20 May 15
Global economic growth is set to slow this year due to both sluggish output in a number of major emerging markets and weak expansion in advanced economies, the National Institute of Economic and...
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20 May 15
Economic growth in the eurozone is expected to strengthen from 0.9% in 2014 to 1.5% this year, the European Commission predicted.
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20 May 15
The World Bank has approved as $500m loan to help Egypt fund a social housing project that is intended to provide one million houses and secure residences for low-income families over the next five...
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20 May 15
Sweden should implement an ‘ambitious’ programme of reform in its schools to improve both equity and quality, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has said.
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20 May 15
Sierra Leone is to implement an $8.3m social safety net programme, aimed at supporting 126,000 extremely poor households and vulnerable communities throughout the country.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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20 May 15
The World Bank is to provide $73.6m for a road improvement programme in Mozambique to help repair roads affected by floods in the country.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America & Caribbeanyou might have missed.
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20 May 15
Growth in sub-Sahara Africa is expected to slow to 4.5% this year, due to the sharp decline in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said, down on the 5% forecast a year ago.
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20 May 15
Malawi has met with international experts to devise a plan to accelerate the progress of digital finance in the country, its finance ministry has said.
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20 May 15
Ukraine’s economy is expected to shrink to 7.5% this year, following a 6.8% contraction in 2014 as a result of the conflict in the country and the Russian annexation of Crimea, the World Bank...
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20 May 15
The UK has announced a new £5m aid package to help with rescue and relief efforts in Nepal following Saturday’s earthquake, which left thousands of people dead.
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20 May 15
A €700m programme intended to boost agricultural development across the European Union has not achieved the planned results, according to auditors.
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20 May 15
An International Federation of Accountants group formed to encourage better public sector financial reporting has met for the first time to devise a global plan to improve transparency.
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20 May 15
Belarus’s economy is expected to shrink by 3.5% this year and by 1% in 2016, because of weak demand among its trading partners and low oil prices, the World Bank said.
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20 May 15
Nigeria is set to receive a $500m credit from the World Bank to improve maternal, child and nutrition health services.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europeyou might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America and the Caribbean you might have missed.
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20 May 15
The eurozone economy looks set to strengthen this year as the European Central Bank’s expansionary monetary policies take effect, but governments need to do more to boost long-term growth, the...
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20 May 15
European Union member states should issue annual timetables setting out how they plan to meet the goal of spending 0.7% of national income by 2020, the European Parliament’s development...
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20 May 15
A boost to productivity and investment in skills and human capital would lead to improved well-being and growth performance in the Asia Pacific region, the Asian Development Bank has said.