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21 Feb 23
The US government has pledged to send $100m of additional aid to Turkey, after the country was hit by devastating earthquakes.
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16 Feb 23
Donations from European nations have ended a three-decade long battle to clear Somalia’s debt arrears with a United Nations development group, paving the way for new support.
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10 Feb 23
The World Bank has launched the first tranche of its fund aimed at building resilience in developing nations in preparation for future pandemics.
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10 Feb 23
The Ukrainian government has earmarked a major tranche of new spending to support small businesses and repair crumbling infrastructure.
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8 Feb 23
Using up foreign reserves to meet soaring costs will restrict Egypt’s ability to service its debt and was named as a major contributor to a cut in its credit rating by ratings agency Moody’s.
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7 Feb 23
Rescue and aid efforts have been mobilised in Turkey and Syria following devastating earthquakes.
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7 Feb 23
The end of Covid-19 restrictions will see the Chinese economy rebound this year, but the government still needs to focus on meeting longer-term demographic threats, the International Monetary Fund...
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2 Feb 23
The Indian government will continue to raise capital spending in 2023-24, in a bid to “ramp up the virtuous cycle of investment and job creation”.
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2 Feb 23
Political instability and simmering discontent in Peru will impede progress on reforms and damage economic growth, ratings agency Moody’s has said.
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31 Jan 23
Continuing conflict and the global economic downturn will compress already slow growth in Myanmar, economists at the World Bank have said.
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30 Jan 23
Boosting welfare and access to services should provide all European Union citizens with a level of income that keeps them out of poverty, bloc officials have said.
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30 Jan 23
The risk of higher government deficits has prompted another downgrade in Nigeria’s credit rating, Moody’s has said.
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27 Jan 23
The economic slowdown exacerbated by high inflation could undermine hard-won progress on sustainable development goals, the United Nations has said.
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25 Jan 23
The Indian government has raised close to $1bn from its inaugural green bond to help fund investments in the transition towards net zero.
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24 Jan 23
The Ghanaian government’s auditor general has criticised how departments spent, and managed billions of cedi allocated to fund the Covid-19 response.
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24 Jan 23
The restructuring of the Zambian government’s debt is key to progressing welfare and education reforms, and ensuring financial sustainability, senior finance figures have said.
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24 Jan 23
Haiti has been given a financial lifeline by the IMF to avoid a famine.
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20 Jan 23
To meet borrowing needs, the Egyptian government will have tough decisions to make following the approval of a $3bn International Monetary Fund loan.
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19 Jan 23
Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
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17 Jan 23
The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
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11 Jan 23
Egypt will reduce the state’s role in the economy – including its military, which has grown its footprint rapidly in the decade since a 2013 coup – in a bid to boost growth, the president has agreed...
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9 Jan 23
The Pakistani government has revealed it will need around $8bn to help rebuild the country following a summer of devastating floods.
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6 Jan 23
Croatia joining the eurozone and the Schengen area marks the culmination of more than a decade of effort – and shows the way for other countries desperate to integrate into the EU.
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4 Jan 23
The Norwegian government is set to release withheld funds aimed at reducing deforestation in Brazil, following the re-election of president Lula.
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22 Dec 22
An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.