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2 Sep 19
Climate change represents an “immediate emergency” to development and stability in ‘atoll nations’ and their economies, the president of the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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2 Sep 19
Children in Africa will make up more than half of global poverty by 2030, according to the think-tank Overseas Development Institute and charity Save the Children.
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30 Aug 19
France will spend the next month in a “dress rehearsal” for a no-deal Brexit, according to the country’s minister of public action and accounts Gérald Darmanin.
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30 Aug 19
EU finance ministers will meet to discuss energy taxes and other moves to try to fight the threat of climate change next month.
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30 Aug 19
The world is failing to provide safe water for the planet’s poorest communities by not investing enough and not deploying subsidies equitably, according to two global institutions.
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29 Aug 19
A UK government scheme to “turbo charge” private investment in developing countries’ infrastructure projects has been criticised as making an “opportunity” out of human suffering.
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29 Aug 19
Thousands living in Estonia are unable to speak the national language because of a fragmented teaching service and heavy dependence on non-government funds, a watchdog has said.
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28 Aug 19
Brexit has been the main factor in weakening German exports this year, new data has reportedly shown.
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27 Aug 19
Brazil has rejected the G7’s offer of $22m of aid to help fight fires in the Amazon – at least until French President Emmanuel Macron withdraws his “insults” to Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.
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27 Aug 19
The Palestinian Authority has agreed a deal with the Israeli government in a dispute over the transfer of tax revenues.
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27 Aug 19
From Monday 9 September, it will be necessary to register on the PF and PF International sites to read the content.
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27 Aug 19
An international anti-corruption commission is being kicked out of Guatemala, with its supporters blaming the US for being too focused on migration in the region to defend it.
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27 Aug 19
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump reached a compromise regarding France’s new tax on tech giants at the meeting of the G7 over the weekend.
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27 Aug 19
US president Donald Trump has called on American companies to “start looking for an alternative” to working in China or with Chinese businesses, as the trade war shows no sign of stopping.
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23 Aug 19
Activists have blamed Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.
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23 Aug 19
Three years on from the Panama Papers data leak, France has signed an agreement with Panama to try to fight tax evasion.
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23 Aug 19
Economist Abdalla Hamdok has been sworn in as prime minister of Sudan, and promised to solve the country’s economic crisis and end violence.
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22 Aug 19
India’s former finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was arrested late last night in relation to corruption and money laundering allegations.
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21 Aug 19
Whistleblowers in Ukraine could be paid up to 10% of the value of the corruption they expose, if laws currently being drafted are put into place.
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21 Aug 19
Strong public sector balance sheets make governments more resilient against recessions, a working paper from the International Monetary Fund has suggested.
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21 Aug 19
Poor water quality has reduced economic growth in some areas of the globe by a third, according to the World Bank.
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20 Aug 19
National leaders from Southern Africa have called on the West to remove sanctions on Zimbabwe, which they said was now “ready to engage with the rest of the world”.
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20 Aug 19
Argentina would struggle to repay a loan to the IMF under the current “impossible” conditions, the opposition presidential candidate has claimed.
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19 Aug 19
Sudan’s ex-president has admitted to receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective has told a court at the start of a corruption trial.
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19 Aug 19
Scammers have increasingly been using the World Bank’s name to give authenticity to ‘advance fee' fraud schemes.
2 Sep 19Climate change represents an “immediate emergency” to development and stability in ‘atoll nations’ and their economies, the president of the Asian Development Bank has warned.
2 Sep 19Children in Africa will make up more than half of global poverty by 2030, according to the think-tank Overseas Development Institute and charity Save the Children.
30 Aug 19France will spend the next month in a “dress rehearsal” for a no-deal Brexit, according to the country’s minister of public action and accounts Gérald Darmanin.
30 Aug 19EU finance ministers will meet to discuss energy taxes and other moves to try to fight the threat of climate change next month.
30 Aug 19The world is failing to provide safe water for the planet’s poorest communities by not investing enough and not deploying subsidies equitably, according to two global institutions.
29 Aug 19A UK government scheme to “turbo charge” private investment in developing countries’ infrastructure projects has been criticised as making an “opportunity” out of human suffering.
29 Aug 19Thousands living in Estonia are unable to speak the national language because of a fragmented teaching service and heavy dependence on non-government funds, a watchdog has said.
28 Aug 19Brexit has been the main factor in weakening German exports this year, new data has reportedly shown.
27 Aug 19Brazil has rejected the G7’s offer of $22m of aid to help fight fires in the Amazon – at least until French President Emmanuel Macron withdraws his “insults” to Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.
27 Aug 19The Palestinian Authority has agreed a deal with the Israeli government in a dispute over the transfer of tax revenues.
27 Aug 19From Monday 9 September, it will be necessary to register on the PF and PF International sites to read the content.
27 Aug 19An international anti-corruption commission is being kicked out of Guatemala, with its supporters blaming the US for being too focused on migration in the region to defend it.
27 Aug 19Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump reached a compromise regarding France’s new tax on tech giants at the meeting of the G7 over the weekend.
27 Aug 19US president Donald Trump has called on American companies to “start looking for an alternative” to working in China or with Chinese businesses, as the trade war shows no sign of stopping.
23 Aug 19Activists have blamed Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.
23 Aug 19Three years on from the Panama Papers data leak, France has signed an agreement with Panama to try to fight tax evasion.
23 Aug 19Economist Abdalla Hamdok has been sworn in as prime minister of Sudan, and promised to solve the country’s economic crisis and end violence.
22 Aug 19India’s former finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was arrested late last night in relation to corruption and money laundering allegations.
21 Aug 19Whistleblowers in Ukraine could be paid up to 10% of the value of the corruption they expose, if laws currently being drafted are put into place.
21 Aug 19Strong public sector balance sheets make governments more resilient against recessions, a working paper from the International Monetary Fund has suggested.
21 Aug 19Poor water quality has reduced economic growth in some areas of the globe by a third, according to the World Bank.
20 Aug 19National leaders from Southern Africa have called on the West to remove sanctions on Zimbabwe, which they said was now “ready to engage with the rest of the world”.
20 Aug 19Argentina would struggle to repay a loan to the IMF under the current “impossible” conditions, the opposition presidential candidate has claimed.
19 Aug 19Sudan’s ex-president has admitted to receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective has told a court at the start of a corruption trial.
19 Aug 19Scammers have increasingly been using the World Bank’s name to give authenticity to ‘advance fee' fraud schemes.
