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23 Aug 19
Economist Abdalla Hamdok has been sworn in as prime minister of Sudan, and promised to solve the country’s economic crisis and end violence.
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21 Aug 19
Poor water quality has reduced economic growth in some areas of the globe by a third, according to the World Bank.
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20 Aug 19
National leaders from Southern Africa have called on the West to remove sanctions on Zimbabwe, which they said was now “ready to engage with the rest of the world”.
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20 Aug 19
The IMF explains how scaling back on energy subsidies would leave more money for governments to spend on areas such as education and healthcare.
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19 Aug 19
Great strides have been made in developing energy, infrastructure and trade routes in Southern Africa, the African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
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16 Aug 19
Japan plans to spend 100bn yen on futuristic ‘moonshot’ research projects, like cyborg technology and artificial human hibernation.
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15 Aug 19
Serbia has set its sights on becoming a “developed country with quality living conditions” after the “successful consolidation” of its public finances.
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12 Aug 19
Struggling South African state power utility Eskom wants the majority of its 440bn rand ($29bn) debt transferred to the country’s government.
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9 Aug 19
Pakistan’s efforts to boost its exports in order to protect the economy against external shocks are being supported by a $500m loan from the Asian Development Bank.
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5 Aug 19
The Asian Development Bank has set up a new financing mechanism to provide countries with money quickly following natural disasters.
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2 Aug 19
The European Commission has given Greece the go-ahead to spend €300m on bringing ultrafast broadband to people with insufficient connectivity.
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31 Jul 19
Papua New Guinea should look to agriculture to strengthen growth as the economy recovers from a series of external shocks, the World Bank has said.
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31 Jul 19
More than 350 million trees have been planted in Ethiopia in a single day, according to officials.
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30 Jul 19
Malaysia’s success in achieving economic growth must be backed up by work to ensure its sustainability, according to the OECD.
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29 Jul 19
Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
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29 Jul 19
Tajikistan is taking steps to improve the way organisations in the financial sector are run in a bid to reduce their vulnerability to risk.
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26 Jul 19
Efforts to Tonga’s most remote islands become self-sufficient in energy have been given a major boost by the Asian Development Bank.
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26 Jul 19
The World Bank is scaling up its support for Uzbekistan and has praised reforms aimed at fostering a market economy.
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25 Jul 19
The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
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25 Jul 19
Between 2010 and 2017 60% - £4.6bn - of the UK’s support for energy in developing countries went towards fossil fuel sources, according to analysis by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development....
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23 Jul 19
Former US Treasury official Christina Ho asks how far the world - and most particularly its greatest economy, the US - has advanced with gender equality.
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23 Jul 19
A significant boost to irrigation aims to Senegal increase agricultural production, employment and incomes in rural areas.
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23 Jul 19
The Asian Development Bank has put itself at the forefront of continuing efforts to boost gender equality in Mongolia.
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23 Jul 19
Lebanese veterans have clashed with security forces in protest against potential cuts to their benefits in the coalition government’s budget.
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23 Jul 19
Population growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is slowing down and the number of people living in the region will hit a maximum in about 2058.
23 Aug 19Economist Abdalla Hamdok has been sworn in as prime minister of Sudan, and promised to solve the country’s economic crisis and end violence.
21 Aug 19Poor water quality has reduced economic growth in some areas of the globe by a third, according to the World Bank.
20 Aug 19National leaders from Southern Africa have called on the West to remove sanctions on Zimbabwe, which they said was now “ready to engage with the rest of the world”.
20 Aug 19The IMF explains how scaling back on energy subsidies would leave more money for governments to spend on areas such as education and healthcare.
19 Aug 19Great strides have been made in developing energy, infrastructure and trade routes in Southern Africa, the African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
16 Aug 19Japan plans to spend 100bn yen on futuristic ‘moonshot’ research projects, like cyborg technology and artificial human hibernation.
15 Aug 19Serbia has set its sights on becoming a “developed country with quality living conditions” after the “successful consolidation” of its public finances.
12 Aug 19Struggling South African state power utility Eskom wants the majority of its 440bn rand ($29bn) debt transferred to the country’s government.
9 Aug 19Pakistan’s efforts to boost its exports in order to protect the economy against external shocks are being supported by a $500m loan from the Asian Development Bank.
5 Aug 19The Asian Development Bank has set up a new financing mechanism to provide countries with money quickly following natural disasters.
2 Aug 19The European Commission has given Greece the go-ahead to spend €300m on bringing ultrafast broadband to people with insufficient connectivity.
31 Jul 19Papua New Guinea should look to agriculture to strengthen growth as the economy recovers from a series of external shocks, the World Bank has said.
31 Jul 19More than 350 million trees have been planted in Ethiopia in a single day, according to officials.
30 Jul 19Malaysia’s success in achieving economic growth must be backed up by work to ensure its sustainability, according to the OECD.
29 Jul 19Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
29 Jul 19Tajikistan is taking steps to improve the way organisations in the financial sector are run in a bid to reduce their vulnerability to risk.
26 Jul 19Efforts to Tonga’s most remote islands become self-sufficient in energy have been given a major boost by the Asian Development Bank.
26 Jul 19The World Bank is scaling up its support for Uzbekistan and has praised reforms aimed at fostering a market economy.
25 Jul 19The appointment of Alok Sharma as the UK’s new international development secretary appears to have scotched uncertainty over the department’s future.
25 Jul 19Between 2010 and 2017 60% - £4.6bn - of the UK’s support for energy in developing countries went towards fossil fuel sources, according to analysis by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development....
23 Jul 19Former US Treasury official Christina Ho asks how far the world - and most particularly its greatest economy, the US - has advanced with gender equality.
23 Jul 19A significant boost to irrigation aims to Senegal increase agricultural production, employment and incomes in rural areas.
23 Jul 19The Asian Development Bank has put itself at the forefront of continuing efforts to boost gender equality in Mongolia.
23 Jul 19Lebanese veterans have clashed with security forces in protest against potential cuts to their benefits in the coalition government’s budget.
23 Jul 19Population growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is slowing down and the number of people living in the region will hit a maximum in about 2058.
