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25 Feb 19
Ecuador is close to securing a $4.2bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to help boost its economic policies over the next three years.
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25 Feb 19
The president of Indonesia has committed a total of $30bn of investment to local villages over the next five years – if he wins a second term in the April elections.
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25 Feb 19
The government of Tanzania is trying to find buyers for a mass of cashew nuts it bought from farmers last year.
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25 Feb 19
The UK government is to provide an additional £200m of aid to Yemen, where millions of people are suffering in what has been called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.
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22 Feb 19
The UK has announced a £30m funding package to boost security, fair elections and trade in Africa.
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22 Feb 19
Spending an average of 4.5% of GDP on ‘climate-friendly’ infrastructure could help developing countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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22 Feb 19
The UK’s influence within the United Nations could hit “free fall territory” when it leaves the European Union next month, a report has warned.
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22 Feb 19
Brazil’s president has put forward plans to revamp the country’s pensions system, a move which the government claims could save more than $270bn over the next decade.
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21 Feb 19
More than one-third of the total cost of global health is paid out of people’s own pockets, the World Health Organization has warned as it calls for increased government spending.
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20 Feb 19
Brazil and the US will deliver humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border by the end of the week, a spokesperson from the Latin American country has said.
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20 Feb 19
Zambia’s Finance Ministry will clean up its payroll system in order to remove ‘ghost workers’ and reduce the public service wage bill.
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19 Feb 19
The UK government is to give a £47m package of support to developing countries to boost their tax systems.
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19 Feb 19
New Zealand plans to update its laws to tax revenues earned by huge digital firms, in line with international efforts to make multinational tech companies pay fair taxes.
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19 Feb 19
A coalition of 16 states in the US is suing president Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare a national emergency to pay for a wall on the Mexican border.
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18 Feb 19
Portugal should use its economic recovery to “shore up its public finances” and build stronger resilience to future shocks, the OECD has urged.
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18 Feb 19
The president of the Maldives has suspended two government ministers over financial transactions with a company linked to a $90m corruption scandal.
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18 Feb 19
Sri Lanka’s economy could grow by 20% “in the long-run” by getting more women into work, the World Bank has highlighted.
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18 Feb 19
Saudi Arabia has promised investment deals worth $20bn with Pakistan to help boost its struggling economy.
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15 Feb 19
US president Donald Trump has agreed to sign spending plans to keep the government open but intends to use emergency powers to get funding for the wall on the Mexican border.
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15 Feb 19
The UK has donated £6.5m to deliver medicines and clean water to people affected by the crisis in Venezuela.
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15 Feb 19
International donors should make education for Rohingya refugees a priority, leading NGOs said as the UN launched an appeal for hundreds of millions of pounds in aid of the crisis.
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15 Feb 19
US senators have put forward a bill that would impose new sanctions on Russia over its alleged meddling in US elections and its stance on Ukraine.
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14 Feb 19
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to protest against high unemployment and utility price hikes.
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13 Feb 19
The European Union has introduced new rules to fight financial criminals and terrorist financing by giving national law authorities access to bank accounts.
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13 Feb 19
Swiss NGOs face losing out on European Union aid funds – and UK organisations could be in the same boat – after Brussels indicated that only member states will be eligible.
25 Feb 19Ecuador is close to securing a $4.2bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to help boost its economic policies over the next three years.
25 Feb 19The president of Indonesia has committed a total of $30bn of investment to local villages over the next five years – if he wins a second term in the April elections.
25 Feb 19The government of Tanzania is trying to find buyers for a mass of cashew nuts it bought from farmers last year.
25 Feb 19The UK government is to provide an additional £200m of aid to Yemen, where millions of people are suffering in what has been called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.
22 Feb 19The UK has announced a £30m funding package to boost security, fair elections and trade in Africa.
22 Feb 19Spending an average of 4.5% of GDP on ‘climate-friendly’ infrastructure could help developing countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
22 Feb 19The UK’s influence within the United Nations could hit “free fall territory” when it leaves the European Union next month, a report has warned.
22 Feb 19Brazil’s president has put forward plans to revamp the country’s pensions system, a move which the government claims could save more than $270bn over the next decade.
21 Feb 19More than one-third of the total cost of global health is paid out of people’s own pockets, the World Health Organization has warned as it calls for increased government spending.
20 Feb 19Brazil and the US will deliver humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border by the end of the week, a spokesperson from the Latin American country has said.
20 Feb 19Zambia’s Finance Ministry will clean up its payroll system in order to remove ‘ghost workers’ and reduce the public service wage bill.
19 Feb 19The UK government is to give a £47m package of support to developing countries to boost their tax systems.
19 Feb 19New Zealand plans to update its laws to tax revenues earned by huge digital firms, in line with international efforts to make multinational tech companies pay fair taxes.
19 Feb 19A coalition of 16 states in the US is suing president Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare a national emergency to pay for a wall on the Mexican border.
18 Feb 19Portugal should use its economic recovery to “shore up its public finances” and build stronger resilience to future shocks, the OECD has urged.
18 Feb 19The president of the Maldives has suspended two government ministers over financial transactions with a company linked to a $90m corruption scandal.
18 Feb 19Sri Lanka’s economy could grow by 20% “in the long-run” by getting more women into work, the World Bank has highlighted.
18 Feb 19Saudi Arabia has promised investment deals worth $20bn with Pakistan to help boost its struggling economy.
15 Feb 19US president Donald Trump has agreed to sign spending plans to keep the government open but intends to use emergency powers to get funding for the wall on the Mexican border.
15 Feb 19International donors should make education for Rohingya refugees a priority, leading NGOs said as the UN launched an appeal for hundreds of millions of pounds in aid of the crisis.
15 Feb 19US senators have put forward a bill that would impose new sanctions on Russia over its alleged meddling in US elections and its stance on Ukraine.
14 Feb 19Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to protest against high unemployment and utility price hikes.
13 Feb 19The European Union has introduced new rules to fight financial criminals and terrorist financing by giving national law authorities access to bank accounts.
13 Feb 19Swiss NGOs face losing out on European Union aid funds – and UK organisations could be in the same boat – after Brussels indicated that only member states will be eligible.
