The United Nations and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy have agreed to build a new, global municipal fiscal database that aims to improve sustainable urbanisation.
Growth across Asia and the Pacific is set to slow this year and next year as a result of a continued weak recovery globally and softer prospects for China, according to the Asian Development Bank.
Liberia is on the brink of committing a “gross violation” of its international obligation under the right to education with plans to outsource the running of publicly funded schools, a United Nations chief warned last week.
Iraq has moved closer to winning financial support from the International Monetary Fund as its government manages to progress towards economic and fiscal targets despite ongoing challenges.
The government of Sudan this week launched an online trading system for the country’s stock market, the Khartoum Stock Exchange, which it is hoped will strengthen the country’s financial governance and accountability.
China blazed ahead of the rest of the world in terms of investment in renewable energy last year, spending a total of $103bn, or 36% of the world total.
The International Monetary Fund has announced it will close its office in Nicaragua in August as the country’s economy has stabilised following two decades of close supervision.
