-
25 Feb 20
Biodiversity is “fundamental” for sustainable development, a top UN official has said.
-
21 Feb 20
Governments should look to metrics other than GDP to judge the wellbeing of their societies, researchers have said.
-
20 Feb 20
Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
-
19 Feb 20
The US could scupper global efforts to reform corporation tax, the official responsible for the EU’s tax policy has warned.
-
19 Feb 20
Progress in child welfare has “stalled” and children worldwide “are being failed”, according to a new report that found no country adequately protects children’s health, their environment and their...
-
18 Feb 20
Russian senators have supported a bill that would support local governments to set up participatory budgeting schemes.
-
18 Feb 20
A UK territory is one of four jurisdictions that has been added to the EU’s tax blacklist, after failing to implement reforms by an agreed deadline.
-
17 Feb 20
Eastern Caribbean countries should focus on three core opportunities for transforming the region’s economy, according to a World Bank official.
-
17 Feb 20
Audits are an essential part of the global financial system, but more needs to be done to ensure that their quality is consistently high, the president of the International Federation of Accountants...
-
14 Feb 20
Africa’s 50-year plan to become an economic powerhouse has gathered momentum, according to the African Union’s first report on the project’s progress.
-
14 Feb 20
OECD proposals to shake-up the global corporation tax system do not adequately address the problem of tax avoidance by multinational businesses, a campaign group has warned.
-
13 Feb 20
The UK Department for International Development has a new secretary of state, its fifth in less than four years, after prime minister Boris Johnson’s first major reshuffle since his landslide...
-
13 Feb 20
More than half of Malta’s traffic police officers have been arrested for fraud, including the force’s chief.
-
11 Feb 20
Aid from many of the world’s richest countries fell between 2017 and 2018, newly released data from the OECD shows.
-
11 Feb 20
African nations must do better on tackling hunger, leaders at a summit have said.
-
11 Feb 20
Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
-
11 Feb 20
Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
-
10 Feb 20
Many areas are being ‘left behind’ in the Middle East and North Africa, with location regularly forming a barrier to prosperity for the region’s citizens, a World Bank report has found.
-
7 Feb 20
The makeshift hospital built to treat coronavirus patients in central China began admitting patients just 12 days after construction started.
-
6 Feb 20
The European Commission has begun the process of overhauling the EU’s fiscal rules that it imposes on member countries.
-
4 Feb 20
The global fight against corruption is stagnating, campaigning group Transparency International has warned after publishing its latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index.
-
4 Feb 20
Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
-
3 Feb 20
State-owned development banks have so far been neglected in the fight against climate change, but they could play a vital role if used effectively, according to a new report.
-
31 Jan 20
The coronavirus outbreak has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as cases are confirmed in multiple new countries.
-
31 Jan 20
“Urgent” action is needed to develop people’s skills in Africa, where low human capital risks future economic growth, the African Development Bank has said.