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17 Jul 23
Fast progress on reducing Iceland’s budget deficit will help to rebuild fiscal buffers faster than expected and points to growing resilience in the government’s finances, ratings agency Moody’s has...
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14 Jul 23
The Egyptian government has agreed to sell almost $2bn of state assets to meet the conditions of an IMF bailout.
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11 Jul 23
Candidate for EU membership gets help with cost-of-living crisis
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11 Jul 23
Reserves to be bolstered by controversial deal
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11 Jul 23
African nation resilient despite challenges but must accelerate changes
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7 Jul 23
Baltic state becomes 32nd member of the group after an “exceptional” increase in aid spending
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7 Jul 23
The Turkish government is set to hike corporation taxes and vehicle duties to help fund the reconstruction costs from devastating earthquakes earlier this year.
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30 Jun 23
Ukraine is set to receive a $1.5bn concessional loan from the World Bank to fund reforms and support its continued response to the Russian invasion.
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20 Jun 23
Finance ministries have an important part to play in dealing with the climate crisis, a group of ministers have said as they publish a guide for embedding green considerations into financial decision...
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20 Jun 23
Taxes on the world’s richest people and debt cancellation could help to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in poorer countries and reverse growing inequalities, experts have said.
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16 Jun 23
US senators have tabled a bill that would allow the transfer of seized Russian government assets to Ukraine to fund its reconstruction after being devastated by war.
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14 Jun 23
The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
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13 Jun 23
The European Union has agreed a package of more than €1bn with Tunisia containing significant support for the latter’s border controls, as well as finance linking to other areas of reform.
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13 Jun 23
The Gambia is set to receive the final tranche of a $94m International Monetary Fund development package.
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12 Jun 23
The Nigerian government has suspended the governor of its central bank amid an ongoing investigation.
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9 Jun 23
The wide scope of European Union development spending in other countries could limit the programme’s impact, the bloc’s spending watchdog has warned.
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9 Jun 23
Libya is too reliant on oil and gas, the International Monetary Fund found in its first review of the economy in a decade – during which analysis was made impossible by war and fragmentation.
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6 Jun 23
The world economy is “precarious” in the context of high interest rates, slow trade and huge debt pressures, the World Bank has said as it released its latest Global Economic Prospects report.
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6 Jun 23
The World Bank’s new president has been selected as member countries demand big reforms.
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2 Jun 23
The Oman government is set to invest more than £4bn in a bid to reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuel revenues.
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31 May 23
The International Monetary Fund announced the funding allocation, which forms part of a $15.6bn programme for the war-torn nation.
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30 May 23
Nigeria's elections didn't follow the script. Do they represent the end of business as usual?
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26 May 23
The Horn of Africa will need at least $7bn in aid this year to avoid a catastrophe caused by climate change and conflict, the UN has said.
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26 May 23
Fears over the affordability and security of fossil fuels are set to increase renewable energy investments this year, experts at the International Energy Agency have said.
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18 May 23
Fund green lights $3bn loan programme to expedite fiscal reforms.