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17 Jan 19
China’s anti-corruption watchdog will crack down on fraud in education, health and areas of concern to the public, it has announced.
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17 Jan 19
Investing in people and public services will help Thailand become a high-income country, the World Bank has suggested.
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15 Jan 19
Countries need to allocate more money into budgets that support the integration of refugees into the workforce and society, the OECD has urged.
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3 Jan 19
Teachers in Tunisia have continued their strike over benefits and educational reforms after the winter break.
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21 Dec 18
Spending more on health, education and social services could boost the Chinese economy, the World Bank has urged.
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17 Dec 18
The Colombian government will increase its spending on higher education by $1.42bn over the next four years, in response to student strikes.
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11 Dec 18
Egypt could spend billions more on education and health using its current reforms to attract more private sector finance for infrastructure development, the World Bank has said.
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10 Dec 18
Countries around the world need a “big rethink” on their investment in education, the International Monetary Fund’s outgoing chief economist has urged.
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26 Nov 18
Ecuador needs $550m to help people coming into the country as they flee Venezuela’s economic crisis, a government official has said.
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22 Nov 18
The African Development Bank has approved a $123m grant to Ethiopia to help people access basic services.
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19 Nov 18
The World Bank and the Danish government have pulled hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and loans from Tanzania over human rights concerns.
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15 Oct 18
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has announced a sales tax hike in 2019 to address public debt caused by ballooning social security costs.
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12 Oct 18
Future global economic productivity could stall unless governments invest more in their people and services to support them, the World Bank chief has warned.
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12 Sep 18
Governments should ensure children from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to education, the OECD has urged.
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7 Sep 18
A new British aid package will support efforts by the United Nations to deliver healthcare and education to the Palestinians.
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30 Aug 18
A top US official has quit as head of the students loan watchdog over apparent unethical leadership while higher education debt soars in the country.
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28 Aug 18
Women still do not participate in the work force at the same rate as men, the IMF points out. The organisation suggests some ways on how this could be turned around.
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13 Aug 18
Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a $510m financing agreement to enhance secondary education, potentially benefiting 13 million students.
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7 Aug 18
There is a worrying decline in accountants in Liberia that could harm the profession, a national accounting body’s president has warned.
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26 Jul 18
The World Bank has agreed to give Sri Lanka $100m to help boost its education system.
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26 Jul 18
The US will give $45m to Egypt to help with its economic reforms and give a boost to health, education, governance and agriculture.
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9 Jul 18
The World Bank has approved a $40m grant to improve basic services and social security in Benin.
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15 Jun 18
Inequality continues to be a challenge to the island nation state of Comoros, despite improved living conditions and lower poverty levels, the World Bank has concluded.
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11 Jun 18
The G7 countries will provide nearly $3bn to fund education for the world’s poorest women and girls, Canada’s prime minister has announced.
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7 Jun 18
A new £9.8m project to improve education by bringing together teachers from around the world has been launched today.