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16 May 19
The ongoing US-China trade war will have an effect on the UK economy, the UK international trade secretary has warned.
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16 May 19
The World Bank is to lend Sri Lanka $70m to improve essential services in a project that will put local communities at the heart of planning and delivery.
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16 May 19
The world’s most senior women economists took centre stage in a discussion about inequality at a unique event during the IMF’s Spring Meetings.
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14 May 19
Public service workers in Lebanon have launched a series of protests to denounce proposed government austerity measures.
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14 May 19
The US deficit is continuing to rise following President Donald Trump’s extensive tax cuts despite record federal revenues in April.
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14 May 19
Lawmakers in Brazil have attempted to curb sweeping anti-corruption powers given to the country’s new justice and public security minister.
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14 May 19
Anti-corruption officials have arrested 75 Kenyan tax agency staff on suspicion of abetting tax evasion and bribery.
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13 May 19
The IMF has agreed a $6bn bailout with Pakistan to prop up the country’s fragile public finances and boost its sluggish economy.
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13 May 19
Papua New Guinea is putting transparency and accountability at the heart of the way it manages its extractives sector.
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10 May 19
Mexico needs a new economic strategy to boost growth and reduce high levels of poverty and inequality, according to the OECD.
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10 May 19
Global subsidies for fossil fuels remained a staggering $5.2 trillion in 2017 despite growing pressure worldwide to reduce them.
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9 May 19
Red-faced officials at Australia’s central bank will be holding their heads down under after spelling out a glitch in the country’s monetary policy.
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9 May 19
The international development select committee has urged the government to put climate change at the heart of UK aid strategy.
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9 May 19
Unprecedented and sudden migration flows have prompted the Inter-American Development Bank to allocate special funds to help countries integrate newcomers and defuse tensions.
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9 May 19
Fintech promises to slash the cost of sending remittances home for Latin American migrant workers in other countries.
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7 May 19
Asian Development Bank programmes will benefit from an increase in the amount of income that it can allocate to them from its capital earnings.
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7 May 19
The budget of the European Union is too small and is being “stretched” by the challenges of integration and technological change, according to the OECD.
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7 May 19
Disparities between regions within OECD countries are large and have been widening, according to the IMF.
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7 May 19
Public finance officials will be key beneficiaries of an $11.1m loan to support Zambia’s efforts to restore fiscal stability.
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7 May 19
The World Bank is channelling a further $545m to Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe to help them cope with the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.
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7 May 19
The impact of conflict on fragile states has become the new development frontier, according to the World Bank.
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3 May 19
Kenya’s government is preparing to borrow further on international capital markets amid concerns about spiralling debts.
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3 May 19
Investing in human capital by improving health and education is vital to future growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, the World Bank has said.
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3 May 19
European imports of US liquefied natural gas are soaring, increasing by 272% in the nine months since an energy cooperation deal was agreed in 2018.
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2 May 19
Ireland has launched a fund to help island states in the Pacific cope with the impact of rising seas.