IMF Staff Completes 2016 Article IV Mission to Dominica
An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Mr. Alejandro Guerson, visited Dominica during March 29-April 11 to conduct the 2016 Article IV consultation.
Lending to SMEs and entrepreneurs is improving, but more diverse forms of financing are needed
Fighting poverty: help disadvantaged families to cut heating bills, say MEPs
Member states should declare a moratorium on winter heating disconnections, so that no household can be cut off from energy in the cold, says a European Parliament resolution voted on Thursday. To step up the fight against poverty in the EU by...
World Bank and AIIB Sign First Co-Financing Framework Agreement
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President Jin Liqun on Wednesday signed the first co-financing framework agreement between the two institutions.
Development aid rises again in 2015, spending on refugees doubles
Share of ODA spent on refugees in donor countries
Remittances to Developing Countries Edge Up Slightly in 2015
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 money home to their families, says the World Bank’s latest edition of the...
MEPs say yes to EU support for 500 former truck industry workers in Sweden
A proposal to grant €1,793,710 in EU aid to Sweden to help find new jobs for 500 workers made redundant by Volvo Trucks, mainly at the Umeå plant, and by four of its suppliers and downstream producers, was approved by the European Parliament on...
Latin America Faces Policy Dilemmas Post Boom
As Latin America and the Caribbean enters its fifth year of economic slowdown and its second year of contraction due to an external environment particularly adverse to commodity exporters in South America, countries are struggling to find a balance...
OECD tax rates on labour income stabilise in 2015
Taxes on labour income for the average worker across the OECD remained stable at 35.9% in 2015, ending a series of steady annual increases dating to 2011, according to a new report.
EU farm crisis: Structural reforms needed to stabilise the market, MEPs say
The EU must come up with more decisive actions to deliver relief fast to farmers in the worst-hit sectors, such as dairy and livestock, MEPs told EU Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, in Tuesday's debate on the ongoing crisis. They also called for...
