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DEVELOPING countries, such as the Philippines, tend to rely on financial assistance from international and multilateral financial institutions to fund their programs and projects through loans. Activists protested outside the Department of Finance (DOF) on Friday to urge the national government to halt its borrowings from these institutions as this…

FINANCE Secretary Ralph Recto wants the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to increase their support for developing countries worldwide to accelerate a global economic recovery.

This Intergovernmental Group of Experts aims to strengthen the work of UNCTAD on information and communications technologies, e-commerce and the digital economy for development, so as to enhance its ability to support developing countries to engage in and benefit from the evolving digital economy, and reduce the digital divide, for the creation of more inclusive knowledge societies. The substantive agenda items for the 7th session are as follows:

Global South countries now get a chance to voice their unique concerns on the world stage.

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125 countries voted in favour of the resolution, 48 countries voted against it, and 9 countries abstained

IF the Philippines is bent on beating big tax cheats and stamping out corporate tax abuses, it should support the UN Tax Convention instead of joining the OECD’s tax agenda, according to local civil society organizations (CSOs). In a joint statement, CSO leaders from the Philippines, Indonesia, Zambia, Argentina, Canada…

Delivering development finance to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Making development finance contribute to environmentally sound industrialization The seventh session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development will consider how the financing of an environmentally sound industrialization strategy, which integrates development and climate challenges, can be supported by the full range of measures at the international, regional and national levels...

Nigeria increased its call for debt relief among African nations, especially within the G-24 group at the ongoing World Bank/IMF.

The Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G-24) has challenged African governments to develop robust economic plans for sustainable development.