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20 Jun 19
Countries must make the teaching profession more attractive to meet a growing demand across the world for high-quality education.
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18 Jun 19
The UK is to give Afghanistan £170m to help alleviate a “severe” humanitarian crisis caused by the worst drought in a decade that has left millions of people hungry.
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17 Jun 19
Italy’s populist government has further tightened its tough policy towards migrants by threatening rescue boats with hefty fines.
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14 Jun 19
The eurozone faces a triple threat that has the potential to push the economy deeper into a slump, warns the IMF.
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14 Jun 19
Unemployment in OECD countries fell to 5.2% in April – below levels at the height of the boom years before the 2007–08 financial crisis.
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14 Jun 19
A fund has been created to ensure that at least 320 million more Africans – nearly 60% of them women – have access to digital financial services.
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13 Jun 19
Indonesia, one of the world’s most rapidly urbanising countries, has been given $50m to help it devise better ways to manage its cities.
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11 Jun 19
The world’s leading economies are edging closer towards a consensus on reforming the global tax system to ensure that multinational corporations pay their fair share.
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11 Jun 19
Pakistan’s military agreed to take a budget cut ahead of the government revealing its spending for the year today as the country faces a “critical financial situation”.
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10 Jun 19
Mozambique’s development partners have pledged $1.2bn for reconstruction efforts following devastating cyclones in the country earlier this year.
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7 Jun 19
“Fundamental weaknesses” in a £735m UK aid fund to help the poorest countries have left it neglecting its international development goals, a watchdog has claimed.
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7 Jun 19
Annual inflation in OECD countries rose to an average of 2.5% in April, a 0.2% increase from March, the international development organisation has announced.
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5 Jun 19
Inadequate management is denying Europeans the full benefits of the EU’s cross-border healthcare directive, EU auditors have said.
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5 Jun 19
The World Bank has more than doubled its commitments to Jordan with a $1.45bn financing package to stimulate inclusive growth and employment.
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5 Jun 19
The Asian Development Bank has agreed a $311m fund to boost the creation of two new metro lines in Bangkok.
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4 Jun 19
The European Commission has called for Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš to repay millions of euros in subsidies after finding him to be in conflict of interest, according to reports of a draft...
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4 Jun 19
The IMF has continued to pile pressure on Kenyan lawmakers over interest rate controls with a damning report on the controversial cap.
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3 Jun 19
Subsidising fossil fuels does not improve people’s lives and will ultimately prove more costly to economies, says the WWF’s Vanessa Perez Cirera.
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31 May 19
The World Bank has convened an international partnership aimed at boosting energy storage – vital for renewable power - in developing countries.
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30 May 19
The EU has written to the Italian government asking it to explain a deterioration in its public finances, amid reports Brussels is ready to launch disciplinary action against Rome.
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28 May 19
The man widely described as ‘Romania’s most powerful politician’ has been jailed on corruption charges relating to a fake jobs scandal.
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28 May 19
Businesses perform by up to 20% better when they employ more women in top positions, United Nations labour experts have claimed.
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24 May 19
Hackers have been holding local government in the US city of Baltimore hostage for more than two weeks.
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24 May 19
A global call for progress towards achieving universal health coverage has been made by the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
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23 May 19
The United Nations has cut its predictions for global growth against a backdrop of unresolved trade tensions, policy uncertainty and weakening business confidence.
20 Jun 19Countries must make the teaching profession more attractive to meet a growing demand across the world for high-quality education.
18 Jun 19The UK is to give Afghanistan £170m to help alleviate a “severe” humanitarian crisis caused by the worst drought in a decade that has left millions of people hungry.
17 Jun 19Italy’s populist government has further tightened its tough policy towards migrants by threatening rescue boats with hefty fines.
14 Jun 19The eurozone faces a triple threat that has the potential to push the economy deeper into a slump, warns the IMF.
14 Jun 19Unemployment in OECD countries fell to 5.2% in April – below levels at the height of the boom years before the 2007–08 financial crisis.
14 Jun 19A fund has been created to ensure that at least 320 million more Africans – nearly 60% of them women – have access to digital financial services.
13 Jun 19Indonesia, one of the world’s most rapidly urbanising countries, has been given $50m to help it devise better ways to manage its cities.
11 Jun 19The world’s leading economies are edging closer towards a consensus on reforming the global tax system to ensure that multinational corporations pay their fair share.
11 Jun 19Pakistan’s military agreed to take a budget cut ahead of the government revealing its spending for the year today as the country faces a “critical financial situation”.
10 Jun 19Mozambique’s development partners have pledged $1.2bn for reconstruction efforts following devastating cyclones in the country earlier this year.
7 Jun 19“Fundamental weaknesses” in a £735m UK aid fund to help the poorest countries have left it neglecting its international development goals, a watchdog has claimed.
7 Jun 19Annual inflation in OECD countries rose to an average of 2.5% in April, a 0.2% increase from March, the international development organisation has announced.
5 Jun 19Inadequate management is denying Europeans the full benefits of the EU’s cross-border healthcare directive, EU auditors have said.
5 Jun 19The World Bank has more than doubled its commitments to Jordan with a $1.45bn financing package to stimulate inclusive growth and employment.
5 Jun 19The Asian Development Bank has agreed a $311m fund to boost the creation of two new metro lines in Bangkok.
4 Jun 19The European Commission has called for Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš to repay millions of euros in subsidies after finding him to be in conflict of interest, according to reports of a draft...
4 Jun 19The IMF has continued to pile pressure on Kenyan lawmakers over interest rate controls with a damning report on the controversial cap.
3 Jun 19Subsidising fossil fuels does not improve people’s lives and will ultimately prove more costly to economies, says the WWF’s Vanessa Perez Cirera.
31 May 19The World Bank has convened an international partnership aimed at boosting energy storage – vital for renewable power - in developing countries.
30 May 19The EU has written to the Italian government asking it to explain a deterioration in its public finances, amid reports Brussels is ready to launch disciplinary action against Rome.
28 May 19The man widely described as ‘Romania’s most powerful politician’ has been jailed on corruption charges relating to a fake jobs scandal.
28 May 19Businesses perform by up to 20% better when they employ more women in top positions, United Nations labour experts have claimed.
24 May 19Hackers have been holding local government in the US city of Baltimore hostage for more than two weeks.
24 May 19A global call for progress towards achieving universal health coverage has been made by the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
23 May 19The United Nations has cut its predictions for global growth against a backdrop of unresolved trade tensions, policy uncertainty and weakening business confidence.
