Reforms that will allow Asia to capitalise on its economic success are vital to the global economy, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
The International Monetary Fund has approved a new $1.5bn package for Kenya that can be drawn down by the country to support planned public financial management reforms.
Government spending in Indonesia is driving a modest pick-up in growth but a more solid recovery will depend on private sector investment, the World Bank has said.
Investments to reduce environmental risks in homes and workplaces are urgently needed to reduce the 12.6 million deaths attributable to unhealthy environments each year, the World Health Organisation has warned.
The way the UK’s counter-terrorism policies hamper the work of aid organisations in Syria in particular is “foolish and unfair”, two former international development secretaries have said.
The United Nations Statistical Commission agreed on a set of 230 preliminary indicators to measure progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals published last September.
A UK-backed Caribbean infrastructure investment scheme became operational last week, offering £300m worth of grants for infrastructure across the region until March 2020.
