The UK implemented an innovative points-based immigration system two years ago that contains a variety of “bolt-ons”:—tailored programs that bring in’medium’ and ‘low’-skill employees, such…
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The first updated international development plan from the UK government since 2015 will “substantially rebalance” the assistance budget from multilateral organizations in preference for bilateral…
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Our International Development Strategy is a central part of a coherent UK foreign policy. The principles of free markets, free trade, effective institutions, free speech…
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Reform of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) is the new development ‘cat nip’. Everyone is talking about it, and everyone wants it. The World Bank…
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It’s a despairing time now, with the crisis in Ukraine and knock-on impacts to the poorest countries, alongside Covid effects which have wiped off years…
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India and the United Kingdom are struggling to make progress in free trade talks due to differences on some key tariff lines and investment protection…
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Rapporteurs also chastise the German and Namibian governments for excluding Herero and Nama minorities from talks dealing with the mass murder of their ancestors. UN…
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The United Kingdom’s international development minister, Andrew Mitchell, has an “overarching ambition” of bolstering public support for development and has tasked the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development…
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Researchers are calling for countries to re-think their investment in genetically modified (GM) crop technology, as a new study suggests that the benefits of GM…
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Confidence among finance chiefs at the UK’s biggest companies has seen its sharpest rise since 2020. The Deloitte survey of chief financial officers showed sentiment…
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