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Official aid is under pressure; private aid is growing

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INT

Large US budget cuts risk squeezing public foreign aid, but more private co-funding may fill some of the gap

Climate change reversal technology is no magic bullet

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INT

Climate change looks set to have catastrophic effects if drastic action is not taken to reduce global carbon emissions

Tajik and Kyrgyz push for loans ignores risks

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TAJIKISTAN/KYRGYZSTAN

Governments in Kyrgyzstan and particularly Tajikistan are giving little thought to the future debt repayment burden

Public banks can finance SDGs more, but 2030 is a rush

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INTERNATIONAL

The UNCTAD report urging public banks to do the “heavy lifting” to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals is ambitious

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

Global humanitarian financing faces growing crisis

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INTERNATIONAL

Amid rapidly expanding levels of need, humanitarian financing is not keeping pace

Tajikistan hopes to borrow its way out of debt trouble

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TAJIKISTAN

The finance ministry insists its temporary debt relief request does not imply distress

Global gap will widen between aid needed and funded

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INTERNATIONAL

Aid budgets are being cut and priorities are shifting from humanitarian aid when it is needed more than ever

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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INT

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Latin America tax evasion will strain state funds

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LATIN AMERICA

VAT evasion alone amounted to some 2.4% of Latin America’s GDP in 2015 -- roughly the region’s estimated growth for 2017