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28 Feb 18
An aid watchdog has called on the UK Department for International Development to do more to ensure the results of its investments in natural disaster resilience efforts are monitored thoroughly.
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28 Feb 18
The European Commission has approved a €70m public support scheme for electric buses and infrastructure in Germany.
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28 Feb 18
Recent revelations about sexual exploitation in aid contexts was caused by Britain’s failure in its duty to put the beneficiaries first, the UK international development secretary has said.
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27 Feb 18
Thailand and the World Bank have agreed to work together to promote awareness of the digital economy and adopt digital transformation in both the public and private sectors.
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26 Feb 18
The Asian Development Bank has signed a $84m loan agreement with India to finance water supply improvements and urban services.
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22 Feb 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a total of $360m in loans to help reform the railway system in Bangladesh.
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22 Feb 18
It’s a paradox, but aid can undermine state building efforts in recipient countries. Maia King considers how this conundrum can be solved.
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21 Feb 18
The UK will withhold funding from the United Nations if it does not take action amid accusations of employee sexual misconduct, the secretary for international development has warned.
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21 Feb 18
Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency raised $735m in the first day of a pre-sale, president Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.
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20 Feb 18
Indonesia has to create more ‘quality jobs’ to increase productivity and competitiveness for sustained and inclusive growth, an Asian Development Bank study has shown.
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15 Feb 18
Gulf nations have pledged $30bn to Iraq at a conference this week, which was organised to discuss the reconstruct of the war-torn country’s economy.
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13 Feb 18
There is little evidence that aid interventions to reduce emigration from poor countries are effective, according to the Center for Global Development.
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12 Feb 18
The Asian Development Bank has signed an agreement with Bangladesh’s Eastern Bank for a $20m loan to support the country’s textile and garment sectors, two of the major contributors to its growth.
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12 Feb 18
Tanzania’s macroeconomic performance has been satisfactory with most quantitative targets met, though implementation of structural measures has lagged, an International Monetary Fund review of the...
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8 Feb 18
The European Commission has approved an investment package of €98.2m to improve citizens’ quality of lives in member states.
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7 Feb 18
The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
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6 Feb 18
Revenue officer Ravi Kant Gupta explains the idea behind India’s health reforms, which the country is calling the ‘largest healthcare programme’ in the world, and how they will benefit the...
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6 Feb 18
The world has made improvements in the empowerment of women over the past 40 years but countries still have a long way to go and should mainstream gender budgeting, says the IMF’s Christine Lagarde....
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5 Feb 18
Donor countries pledged $2.3bn in financing for global education by 2020 against a target of $3.1bn at the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference last week.
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5 Feb 18
Gender budgeting can do more than advance equality – it can provide an economic boost. However, it requires resources and commitment. Simone Rensch reports.
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2 Feb 18
The UK’s £225m pledge to the “global learning crisis” is disappointing and falls short of what was expected, MPs on the international development committee have said.
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1 Feb 18
Developing countries are missing out on at least $308m every day because they do not educate girls to the same level as boys, an advocacy group has said.
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30 Jan 18
Liberia’s newly sworn-in president has pledged to cut his own salary by 25% to fix the country’s “broken” economy.
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30 Jan 18
More debate on the interaction between aid and the private sector is needed, but must be led by the voices and priorities of the poorest people, says Polly Meeks of Eurodad.
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29 Jan 18
South Africans will have to “bear some pain” as a result of the “tough decisions” made in the budget to stabilise the country’s debt, the finance minister has said.
28 Feb 18An aid watchdog has called on the UK Department for International Development to do more to ensure the results of its investments in natural disaster resilience efforts are monitored thoroughly.
28 Feb 18The European Commission has approved a €70m public support scheme for electric buses and infrastructure in Germany.
28 Feb 18Recent revelations about sexual exploitation in aid contexts was caused by Britain’s failure in its duty to put the beneficiaries first, the UK international development secretary has said.
27 Feb 18Thailand and the World Bank have agreed to work together to promote awareness of the digital economy and adopt digital transformation in both the public and private sectors.
26 Feb 18The Asian Development Bank has signed a $84m loan agreement with India to finance water supply improvements and urban services.
22 Feb 18The Asian Development Bank has approved a total of $360m in loans to help reform the railway system in Bangladesh.
22 Feb 18It’s a paradox, but aid can undermine state building efforts in recipient countries. Maia King considers how this conundrum can be solved.
21 Feb 18The UK will withhold funding from the United Nations if it does not take action amid accusations of employee sexual misconduct, the secretary for international development has warned.
21 Feb 18Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency raised $735m in the first day of a pre-sale, president Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.
20 Feb 18Indonesia has to create more ‘quality jobs’ to increase productivity and competitiveness for sustained and inclusive growth, an Asian Development Bank study has shown.
15 Feb 18Gulf nations have pledged $30bn to Iraq at a conference this week, which was organised to discuss the reconstruct of the war-torn country’s economy.
13 Feb 18There is little evidence that aid interventions to reduce emigration from poor countries are effective, according to the Center for Global Development.
12 Feb 18The Asian Development Bank has signed an agreement with Bangladesh’s Eastern Bank for a $20m loan to support the country’s textile and garment sectors, two of the major contributors to its growth.
12 Feb 18Tanzania’s macroeconomic performance has been satisfactory with most quantitative targets met, though implementation of structural measures has lagged, an International Monetary Fund review of the...
8 Feb 18The European Commission has approved an investment package of €98.2m to improve citizens’ quality of lives in member states.
7 Feb 18The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
6 Feb 18Revenue officer Ravi Kant Gupta explains the idea behind India’s health reforms, which the country is calling the ‘largest healthcare programme’ in the world, and how they will benefit the...
6 Feb 18The world has made improvements in the empowerment of women over the past 40 years but countries still have a long way to go and should mainstream gender budgeting, says the IMF’s Christine Lagarde....
5 Feb 18Donor countries pledged $2.3bn in financing for global education by 2020 against a target of $3.1bn at the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference last week.
5 Feb 18Gender budgeting can do more than advance equality – it can provide an economic boost. However, it requires resources and commitment. Simone Rensch reports.
2 Feb 18The UK’s £225m pledge to the “global learning crisis” is disappointing and falls short of what was expected, MPs on the international development committee have said.
30 Jan 18Liberia’s newly sworn-in president has pledged to cut his own salary by 25% to fix the country’s “broken” economy.
30 Jan 18More debate on the interaction between aid and the private sector is needed, but must be led by the voices and priorities of the poorest people, says Polly Meeks of Eurodad.
29 Jan 18South Africans will have to “bear some pain” as a result of the “tough decisions” made in the budget to stabilise the country’s debt, the finance minister has said.
