News Archive

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Commonwealth supports Belize to set up petroleum fund
Released:  19 September 2007
Fund is aimed at ensuring that petroleum wealth fosters sustainable development

Project to improve port services in Seychelles
Released:  12 September 2007
A new strategy is being formulated to make Port Victoria a leading regional trans-shipment port

Finance ministers to focus on climate change at Guyana meeting
Released:  5 September 2007
Officials will consider the implications of the global challenge

Commonwealth Finance Ministers to meet in Guyana
Released:  29 August 2007
Officials will consider the implications of climate change

Launch of Cameroon tourism development programme
Released:  22 August 2007
Positive impact on socio-economic growth

Commonwealth book addresses ways to support countries facing poverty
Released:  22 August 2007
Connections between conflict, democracy, good governance and poverty are analysed

Commonwealth workshop focuses on reducing high debts in small states
Released:  15 August 2007
Senior officers advocate improvements in debt management and fiscal discipline

Pacific dismayed by EU link of aid to EPAs
Released:  1 August 2007
Leaders say trade agreements must reflect the development strategy of a country

Small firms in Malaysia get $25 million boost from private equity
Released:  25 July 2007
“This money is available to small and medium businesses in Malaysia to enable them to invest in promoting better management skills, marketing and financial discipline,” says Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Director of Economic Affairs at the Secretariat

Featured publication: ‘Credit Management for Poverty Alleviation’
Released:  25 July 2007
This publication examines key issues currently affecting women in having access to credit facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa