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18 Nov 15
African policymakers have committed to accelerate infrastructure development across the continent with a view to boosting regional integration and economic growth.
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18 Nov 15
The mission of humanitarian aid needs to be aligned with those of growth and development, the UK’s international development select committee heard yesterday.
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17 Nov 15
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a $200m loan for Egypt towards a $1.3bn project to overcome the country’s energy shortfall.
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17 Nov 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $46.14m disbursement to Sierra Leone as it recovers from the Ebola outbreak.
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16 Nov 15
A $52m project will see two towns in Lao benefit from improved infrastructure and urban services by the end of 2020.
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13 Nov 15
Rwanda and Uganda will receive $50m each from the Climate Investment Funds to support renewable energy plans.
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13 Nov 15
The World Bank approved $200m of credit today for a results-based rural sanitation and water supply programme that is expected to benefit five million people in Vietnam.
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13 Nov 15
Developing countries are in an “age of choice” when it comes to financing their national development strategies and the decisions they make will have impacts on debt sustainability,...
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13 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a total of $162m worth of funding for Myanmar this week as the country elected its first democratic government for more than 50 years with a victory for Aung...
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12 Nov 15
A greater focus on the social as well as the economic impacts of infrastructure investments may be needed, Liberia’s minister of public works has said.
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9 Nov 15
Jordan is set to receive €126m of financing from the European Investment Bank for projects in its energy and water sectors.
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9 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank and the Indian government will jointly contribute $507m to the final phase of a project to improve rural roads in five Indian states.
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9 Nov 15
Seven aid agencies have warned a ‘new deal’ is needed for Syria’s refugees living in neighbouring countries if the massive humanitarian crisis is going to be resolved.
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6 Nov 15
Fiji’s urban water supply and management programme has become the first Pacific Island project to receive a grant from the Green Climate Fund.
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6 Nov 15
The World Bank will loan $60m to the Dominican Republic to support efforts to strengthen public financial management.
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6 Nov 15
The European Commission is asking member states for innovative transport project proposals as it seeks to allocate €7.6bn of finance from its Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
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5 Nov 15
Asian countries need to invest at an “unprecedented scale” in transport infrastructure, the Asian Development Bank vice president has said.
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5 Nov 15
Measures to ensure equality in Africa starts to grow in line with its economy have been discussed by delegates at the 10th African Economic Conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week.
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4 Nov 15
Sub-Saharan Africa still lag significantly behind other regions on meeting the targets outlined in the Millennium Development Goals, delegates of the African Economic Conference heard on Tuesday.
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3 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100m loan to support China in initiatives to reduce energy consumption, phase out mercury use and cut greenhouse gas and toxic emissions in its chemical...
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3 Nov 15
Countries that have seen large increases in high-skilled migration could be missing out on the benefits as workers’ capacities are underutilised, the OECD and France’s development agency have said.
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2 Nov 15
Cambodia is developing a new environmental action plan in coordination with technical and funding support from the Asian Development Bank.
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2 Nov 15
The World Bank has approved $80m of finance to help Moldova regenerate around 300km of local roads.
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30 Oct 15
Representatives of landlocked and some of the least developing countries have urged for the greater Official Development Assistance and Foreign Direct Investment necessary for their economic progress...
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30 Oct 15
Current worldwide efforts to combat climate change are a big improvement towards preventing a global temperature rise of more than 2°C, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (...