Scaling up Social Accountability in Key Public Services in Cambodia
The World Bank approved two complementary grants today to support social
accountability in key public services such as health centers, primary schools,
and local administration in...
Organic waste has huge untapped potential to provide clean energy around the world
The world’s biogas and biomethane resources could cover 20% of global gas
demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to new
IEA report.
The world is only...
Ethiopia Sustains Reforms to Spur Growth and Boost Investment Climate and the Finance Sector
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $500 million
($250 million grant and $250 million credit) from the International Development
Association (IDA) in continued...
COVID-19: Commission creates first ever rescEU stockpile of medical equipment
Today, the European Commission has decided to create a strategic rescEU
stockpile of medical equipment such as ventilators and protective masks to
help EU countries in...
AfDB’s Facility for Energy Inclusion attracts $160m in commitments for small-scale renewables
The African Development Bank, the European Commission, KfW, the Clean
Technology Fund, Norfund, and other investors have committed nearly $160
million to the first close of...
Costa Rica has improved its foreign bribery legislation
Costa
Rica recently strengthened its anti-bribery laws by introducing corporate
criminal liability. Despite this achievement, loopholes in the definition of
the foreign bribery offence and its enforcement...
New report from UN Economic Commission for Europe measures progress on global goals
As all eyes, hearts and minds focus on the COVID-19 coronavirus
pandemic, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) garnered attention on
Tuesday when a new UN report revealed...
COVID-19: Agencies temporarily suspend refugee resettlement travel
A “vital lifeline” for vulnerable families forced to flee
their homelands has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic as two UN
agencies announced on Tuesday that they are temporarily
suspending resettlement travel for refugees.
The International...
Explainer: The Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020
Why is the EU adopting a new policy framework for the Eastern
Partnership beyond 2020?
With the current Eastern Partnership (EaP) “20 Deliverables for 2020”
framework expiring...
Let it flow: Improving water quantity and quality in Tanzania’s Rufiji river basin
Water, essential to all life, plays a particularly important role in the
lives of Tanzanians living near Mbarali River, part of the larger Rufiji River
basin...