Security, the refugee crisis and growth are the key priorities of the European Commission’s €134.9bn draft budget for 2017, presented to the European Parliament yesterday.
Annual global infrastructure investment could be growing by 5% a year by 2020, despite a lacklustre commodities sector and slowing Chinese growth, finds a new report.
All countries can learn from work to improve public financial management in fragile and conflict-afflicted states, says Simon Gill, project director of the Budget Strengthening Initiative at the Overseas Development Institute.
Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure across the world. However, research suggests that there are a number of reasons why they won’t always live up to expectations, write Thomas Elston and Muiris MacCarthaigh.
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Syria’s civil war has set the country’s economic, social and human development back by decades, leaving “monumental” challenges ahead, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
The World Bank has launched a new procurement framework today that aims to help countries make the most of their spending and enhance development through effective procurement practice.
The United Nations has warned of a $16.1bn funding gap in its humanitarian aid appeal that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Four new financing instruments aimed at driving billions of dollars for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries are to be tested.