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Group of 20 economies threatened to penalize havens that don’t share information on their banking clients after the leak of the Panama Papers provoked a global uproar over tax ev...

Least developed countries (LDCs) on 13 April called on WTO members to ensure the implementation of recent decisions favouring LDC goods and services exports as they are experiencin...

Development aid totalled USD 131.6 billion in 2015, representing a rise of 6.9% from 2014 in real terms as aid spent on refugees in host countries more than doubled in real terms t...

The 12th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Partnership Platform (CAADP PP) drew to a close with the reaffirmation of agriculture’s vital role in Africa’s development...

Featured infographic, @ianbremmer: 'Best map I've seen showing just how big Africa is' TWN Africa, UNECA, ATPC colloquium on the Continental Free Trade Area: presentations and pap...

Developing countries could be missing out on substantial tax revenues as a result of ill-suited tax policies, research from the International Growth Centre based at the London Scho...

The Panama Papers have prompted governments to look more seriously at the costs of trade mispricing and illicit financial flows Following the leak of over eleven million company f...

Low-income developing countries need to diversify their economies, promote inclusion, and close infrastructure gaps by tapping both domestic resources and foreign funding to sustai...

The Macro Poverty Outlook is jointly produced by the Poverty & Equity and Macroeconomics & Fiscal Management Global Practices of the World Bank. This semi-annual report, wh...

Statement from the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, for the Development Committee’s ninety-third meeting to be held in Washington, DC on S...

Communiqué of the Ministers of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, held in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 2016 1. We, the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on Interna...

“We need to look afresh at agriculture in Africa as a series of systems, and to see it not as a way of life, but a business”, said African Development Bank Acting Vice-Presiden...

The selection: Thursday, 14 April 2016 Starting today: In Mauritius: the inaugural African Economic Platform Announced by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlam...

Almost two years ago, the Commission concluded its investigations against NAMAF and 10 Medical Aid Funds in which it found that NAMAF and its fund members contravened the competiti...

The track record of Sub-Saharan Africa’s power sector is dismal. Two out of three households in Sub-Saharan Africa, close to 600 million people, have no electricity connection. M...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo visited Jakarta, Indonesia, on 12-13 April to discuss the implementation of recent WTO agreements and future work of the organization. During the ...

The African Economic Platform will bring African leaders from public, private, philanthropic and academic sectors to engage on four (4) critical matters leading to implementable in...

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 14 April, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo maintained that the proliferation of r...

Remittances to developing countries grew only marginally in 2015, as weak oil prices and other factors strained the earnings of international migrants and their ability to send mon...

The selection: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 Profiled tweet, @AddyNjau: Based on threats Chinese products pose to EAC market, a cost-benefit analysis on China-EAC FTA should be conduct...