Finance & Economics | WPN World People News

The World Bank Group, on April 5th, approved the Emergency Social Stabilization and Resilience Project (ESSRP), a US$200 million project that aims to improve the livelihoods of over one million Iraqi in liberated areas through the provision of cash, short-term employment, and other means of social support, namely to the most vulnerable.

Norway should step up its efforts to boost the job prospects of young people without upper-secondary qualification to further reduce the share of under-30 year-olds who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs), according to a new OECD report.

Kids answer the questions of tax by cards of yes or no.

China has increased import duties up to 25 percent on a list of U.S. goods, including pork, fruit and other products, amounting to $3 billion.

The World Bank on March 30, approved a $30 million project to help Bhutan realize its development goals through improving fiscal management and supporting policies to create more job to increase prosperity.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Norbert Toé, visited Cotonou from March 21 to April 1, 2018 to conduct the second review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with the Republic of Benin.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is reminding Canadians that as of Easter Sunday, April 1st, they will be paying more for beer, wine and spirits thanks to the federal government’s tax escalator on alcohol.

Dr. The Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance & the Public Service and World Bank Country Manager Galina Sotirova signed Wednesday (28/3/18) a US$4.875 million grant to help highly vulnerable fishing and fish farming communities in Jamaica to adopt climate-resilient practices.

On March 26, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with WAEMU

Governments in 65 economies took steps to improve women’s economic inclusion, enacting 87 legal reforms in the past two years, says the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and Law 2018 report, released on March 29th.