UAE a ‘top donor of official development aid’The UAE was the world's largest donor of official development aid for the fifth running year, relative to its national income according the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahy More… |
UAE world's largest aid donor for 2016: OECDThe development aid provided by the UAE in the year 2016 reached Dh15.57 billion ($4.24 billion), making it the world's largest donor of official development aid, according to data released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and D More… |
UAE tops official development assistance donorsThe UAE has been ranked first globally as the largest international donor of official development assistance, with a total of Dh18.36 billion ($4.9 billion) of developmental aid last year, according to a report. More… |
DHA encourages people to donate bloodThe Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) twitter clinic known as #smart_clinic encouraged people to donate ahead of World Blood Donor Day which falls on the June 14. This year WHO is observing a theme for the day titled ‘Tha More… |
Saudi king plans Egypt donor conferenceSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah has asked countries to attend a donor conference for Egypt, his country's most populous Arab ally, following its election of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Tuesday, state media reported. The More… |
Bahrain spends $4.4bn GCC aid on projectsBahrain has spent $4.434 billion of the GCC ‘Marshall Plan’ on the first phase of development projects. This was revealed yesterday by Deputy Premier and Ministerial Committee for Services and Infrastructure chai More… |
Mursi has scarce room for action on GazaEgypt's ruling Islamists are working for a truce in Gaza to show off their regional clout and reassure major donor the United States, but stern rhetoric against Israel to appease an angry support base is unlikely to translate into serious ac More… |
Nobel winner helped spark kidney donor revolutionFor Alvin Roth, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel prize for economics, studying the economy is about finding real-life solutions for real-life questions and never more so than in a revolutionary new system to match kidney donors w More… |
Saudi gives $3.7bn in aid to regionSaudi Arabia has so far disbursed about a fifth of the much-needed aid it promised to Arab countries since uprisings erupted in the region last year, according to the IMF, which cited data from Riyadh's finance ministry. More… |
Saudis pledge $3.25bn aid to YemenSaudi Arabia, concerned that chaos in Yemen would further embolden Al Qaeda on its own doorstep, pledged $3.25 billion in aid to its neighbour at a donors' meeting two days after more than 90 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide attack. More… |