Fortress Europe is no solution to migrant flows, Louis Michel tells ACP-EU JPA
«Faced with the atrocities committed in certain parts of the world, we must play our part in worldwide solidarity » said Co-President Louis Michel (ALDE, BE) at the opening of the 30th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in...
Australia should build on the mental health reform to strengthen employment outcomes of people with mental health issues
The recent mental health reform is an important step towards better services for people with mental ill-health, but Australia needs to do more to help people with mild to moderate mental health issues at and into work, according to a new OECD report...
Commission should speed up and expand Google competition investigation, MEPs say
The EU Commission should investigate why Google offers its “Android” operating system only in conjunction with other Google services and also why manufacturers allegedly may not pre-install rival products; MEPs say in a response to the Commission’s...
Major Financial Institutions Move to Integrate Climate Change
An unprecedented number of the world’s leading financial institutions from across the globe have joined the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks in signing onto new principles to integrate climate change into their financing and...
Australia should build on the mental health reform to strengthen employment outcomes of people with mental health issues
The recent mental health reform is an important step towards better services for people with mental ill-health, but Australia needs to do more to help people with mild to moderate mental health issues at and into work, according to a new OECD report...
UK Small business benefited from £12.1 billion in government spending in 2014-2015
In the last financial year, UK small businesses benefited from £12.1 billion of government spending. In 2014 to 2015, 27.1 per cent of central government buying was with small businesses, either directly (10.9 per cent) or through the supply chain (16...
State aid: European Commission approves aid for National Bank of Greece on the basis of an amended restructuring plan
In the context of the third economic adjustment programme for Greece, the European Commission has approved additional state aid of €2.71 billion to National Bank of Greece under EU state aid rules, on the basis of an amended restructuring plan.
The IMF’s AFRITAC West 2 to Ramp up Capacity Development Activities
The IMF’s regional technical assistance center AFRITAC West 2 held its Third Steering Committee meeting in Ghana on Wednesday, December 2, 2015.
UK midlands Engine fired up to drive £34 billion worth of productivity and growth
An ambitious plan to make the Midlands an engine of growth will be unveiled on 4 December at a special event at Birmingham University. The Midlands Engine prospectus - the first of its kind in the country - is the result of 11 Local Enterprise...
Proper Urbanization Can Yield Economic Benefits for Pakistan
Urbanization provides Pakistan with the potential to transform its economy to join the ranks of richer nations, but the country, like others in South Asia, has so far struggled to make the most of that opportunity, says a new World Bank report.
