Tag: Development finance
World Bank Group unveils $16 billion Africa Climate Business Plan to tackle urgent climate challenges
25 Nov 15 NewsOne third of funds expected to come from Bank’s fund for the poorest countries
The World Bank Group on 24 November 2015 unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding...
Development Assistance Aspects of Cotton: Seventh periodic report by the WTO Director-General
20 Nov 15 NewsSince my last Periodic Report on the Development Assistance Aspects of Cotton to the membership in October 2013, four Rounds of the Director-General’s Consultative Framework Mech...
WTO Sub-Committee on Cotton: Update on the implementation of development assistance aspects of cotton
23 Sep 15 NewsImplementation of the development assistance aspects of the cotton-related decisions in the 2004 July package and Paragraph 12 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
Pursuant to...
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015: Resource box
22 Sep 15 NewsA bold new global agenda to end poverty by 2030 and pursue a sustainable future was unanimously adopted by the 193 Member States of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 at the s...
Shortage of long-term finance blunts progress in developing countries
15 Sep 15 NewsLong-term finance is essential for households, firms and sustainable development.
A shortage of long-term financing since the 2008 crisis is choking the investment-backed growth o...
Official development finance for infrastructure: Support by multilateral and bilateral development partners
10 Sep 15 NewsThe main objective of this study is to offer an overall picture of support by multilateral and bilateral development partners to development country infrastructure. By presenting a...
International Monetary Fund boosts efforts to help countries finance development
17 Jul 15 NewsAs countries meet in Addis Ababa to consider ways to ensure adequate financing for sustainable development, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking measures to boost access...
Countries reach historic agreement to generate financing for new sustainable development agenda
16 Jul 15 NewsCountries agreed on 15 July 2015 on a series of bold measures to overhaul global finance practices and generate investments for tackling a range of economic, social and enviro...
Financing the end of poverty
13 Jul 15 NewsGlobal leaders are poised to adopt a set of targets tackling the world’s biggest challenges.
These targets include the ambitious goal of ending extreme poverty in a generation.&...
Africa’s infrastructure spend to hit $180b by 2025
18 May 15 NewsA report by Pricewaterhouse and Coopers (PwC) on ‘Capital Projects & infrastructure in East Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa: Trends, Challenges and Future Outloo...
From Billions to Trillions – Transforming development finance
17 Apr 15 NewsPost-2015 Financing for Development: Multilateral Development Finance
Statement by the Heads of the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Rec...
OECD Development Assistance Committee: High Level Meeting Final Communiqué
19 Dec 14 NewsThe OECD Development Assistance Committee DAC convened its 2014 High Level Meeting from 15 to 16 December 2014 in Paris.
The principal objective of the meeting was the modernisati...
Financing Africa’s massive projects
16 Dec 14 NewsInnovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries
It is an audacious $4.8 billion project undertaken by one of the world’s poorest countries. At ...
At UN conference, top officials urge greater development assistance for landlocked countries
04 Nov 14 NewsThe international community must aid the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDC) in pursuing their goals for greater economic development to transition from being landlock...
China issues white paper on foreign aid
11 Jul 14 NewsChina on Thursday issued its second white paper on foreign aid, elaborating how the nation helps other developing countries reduce poverty and improve livelihood without imposing p...
Aid to developing countries rebounds in 2013 to reach an all-time high
10 Apr 14 NewsDevelopment aid rose by 6.1% in real terms in 2013 to reach the highest level ever recorded, despite continued pressure on budgets in OECD countries since the global economic ...
EU-Africa summit to debate free trade
02 Apr 14 NewsEU and African leaders from 80 states are poised to meet in Brussels for a two-day summit as a deadline for tariff-free trade agreements draws near. Presidents Jacob Zuma and Rober...
New World Bank Group report charts road map for financial inclusion
12 Nov 13 NewsLow-income populations benefit the most from technological innovations such as mobile payments, mobile banking, and borrower identification based on fingerprinting and iris scans, ...
Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2009
08 Dec 10 PublicationsDuring 2009 several important developments highlighted specific challenges for policy makers in Southern Africa. The global economic crisis continued to impact on the region in 200...