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27 Sep 19
Eighty-five per cent of people living in Latin America and the Caribbean believe corruption is a ‘big problem’, according to Transparency International.
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27 Sep 19
Multi-billion-euro tax cuts will be in France’s next budget, as president Emmanuel Macron hopes to maintain popular support for his economic reforms.
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26 Sep 19
The trade war with the US is expected to slow economic growth in China this year, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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26 Sep 19
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected to be the IMF’s new managing director, at a time when, she said, the fund has “never been more important”.
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25 Sep 19
Carbon taxes could become more popular if citizens knew the revenue raised would be put back into society, researchers have found.
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25 Sep 19
Developing countries have made half a billion dollars more from taxing multinational companies, thanks to a joint initiative from the OECD and United Nations Development Programme.
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24 Sep 19
Coal-fired electricity is to be phased out in Greece and Hungary as the countries’ leaders pave the way for a transition to renewable energy.
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24 Sep 19
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued the world’s first climate resilience bond.
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24 Sep 19
EU staff reforms saved billions but led to “negative consequences” that could have been mitigated, auditors have said.
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24 Sep 19
The International Monetary Fund has warned the “current calm [surrounding Turkey’s economy] appears fragile”, despite its economy rebounding from last year’s recession.
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24 Sep 19
MPs have called on the government to clarify the impact of its £14bn aid spending programme.
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23 Sep 19
Gabon will be the first African country to be given aid to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and protect its forests, in a move to fight climate change.
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20 Sep 19
Poorer children are seven times less likely to finish school than rich children in the developing world, Oxfam has found.
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20 Sep 19
More sustainable public finances are “vital” if North Macedonia’s economy is to grow long-term, the World Bank has said.
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20 Sep 19
Global growth will slow to 2.9% in 2019 and 3% in 2020 because of the trade war between China and the US, and uncertainty caused by the UK’s departure from the EU.
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20 Sep 19
An unresolved tax dispute with Israel means Palestine faces a financing gap that could exceed $1.8bn this year, the World Bank has said.
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19 Sep 19
Jamaica’s efforts to reform its economy have been hailed as a success after a visit by International Monetary Fund staff.
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19 Sep 19
The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
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19 Sep 19
The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
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17 Sep 19
Anti-corruption efforts in Indonesia could be damaged by a change in the law passed by the parliament in the Southeast Asian country today, activists have claimed.
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17 Sep 19
Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
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17 Sep 19
A slowdown in the Icelandic economy should spur the country on to diversify its economy, the OECD has said.
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17 Sep 19
French public sector workers took to the streets for the second time in a few days to protest pension changes that could see them working longer.
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17 Sep 19
OECD countries increased funds directed towards tackling climate change by 21.5% between 2016 and 2017.
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16 Sep 19
Namibia’s economy is slowly recovering but public debt “remains on a rising path”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
27 Sep 19Eighty-five per cent of people living in Latin America and the Caribbean believe corruption is a ‘big problem’, according to Transparency International.
27 Sep 19Multi-billion-euro tax cuts will be in France’s next budget, as president Emmanuel Macron hopes to maintain popular support for his economic reforms.
26 Sep 19The trade war with the US is expected to slow economic growth in China this year, the Asian Development Bank has said.
26 Sep 19Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected to be the IMF’s new managing director, at a time when, she said, the fund has “never been more important”.
25 Sep 19Carbon taxes could become more popular if citizens knew the revenue raised would be put back into society, researchers have found.
25 Sep 19Developing countries have made half a billion dollars more from taxing multinational companies, thanks to a joint initiative from the OECD and United Nations Development Programme.
24 Sep 19Coal-fired electricity is to be phased out in Greece and Hungary as the countries’ leaders pave the way for a transition to renewable energy.
24 Sep 19The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued the world’s first climate resilience bond.
24 Sep 19EU staff reforms saved billions but led to “negative consequences” that could have been mitigated, auditors have said.
24 Sep 19The International Monetary Fund has warned the “current calm [surrounding Turkey’s economy] appears fragile”, despite its economy rebounding from last year’s recession.
24 Sep 19MPs have called on the government to clarify the impact of its £14bn aid spending programme.
23 Sep 19Gabon will be the first African country to be given aid to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and protect its forests, in a move to fight climate change.
20 Sep 19Poorer children are seven times less likely to finish school than rich children in the developing world, Oxfam has found.
20 Sep 19More sustainable public finances are “vital” if North Macedonia’s economy is to grow long-term, the World Bank has said.
20 Sep 19An unresolved tax dispute with Israel means Palestine faces a financing gap that could exceed $1.8bn this year, the World Bank has said.
19 Sep 19Jamaica’s efforts to reform its economy have been hailed as a success after a visit by International Monetary Fund staff.
19 Sep 19The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
19 Sep 19The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
17 Sep 19Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
17 Sep 19A slowdown in the Icelandic economy should spur the country on to diversify its economy, the OECD has said.
17 Sep 19French public sector workers took to the streets for the second time in a few days to protest pension changes that could see them working longer.
17 Sep 19OECD countries increased funds directed towards tackling climate change by 21.5% between 2016 and 2017.
16 Sep 19Namibia’s economy is slowly recovering but public debt “remains on a rising path”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
