Finance ministers, central bank governors and the Secretary-General will be in the American capital this week to respond to the biggest financial challenges facing Commonwealth countries.
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Commonwealth finance ministers address Brexit, climate and banking
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Vulnerable small island states and developing countries stand to gain access to billions of dollars of climate finance with the aid of a new Commonwealth initiative.
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Commonwealth hub to unlock billions in climate finance for developing countries
The Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has welcomed plans to try to end the irregular migration of people across the world.
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Secretary-General backs efforts to ease global migration crisis
The Secretary-General has been meeting the Bangladeshi prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, at the United Nations in New York to discuss a variety of challenges facing the Commonwealth.
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Secretary-General and Bangladeshi PM discuss challenges facing Commonwealth
Secretary-General Patricia Scotland last week urged UK companies to seize fresh opportunities to do business within the Commonwealth.
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Secretary-General Scotland: The Commonwealth is open for business
The Secretary-General has told BBC News that Commonwealth ministers and parliamentarians have asked her to help them respond to the crisis of irregular mass movement of people across the world by coming up with a plan.
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Commonwealth consensus on need to respond to irregular mass migration
The Commonwealth will help its members recover from shock and adjust to the UK's decision to withdraw from the European Union, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland told Sky News today.
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Secretary-General: We will help countries recover from the shock of Brexit
For the countries of the Caribbean, the sea is much more than a place for leisure and relaxation. The sea is literally the lifeblood of their economies, supporting the transportation of goods and people through shipping, providing food from fisheries and underpinning the most important economic activity in the region: tourism.
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Blog: The Caribbean Sea offers a bright blue future, if only we value it
Plans for a first national inquiry into violence in Samoa were discussed by the country’s National Human Rights Institution, the Office of the Ombudsman at this week’s Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers meeting in Apia.
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Plans for first national inquiry into family violence in Samoa discussed
Key industries in some Commonwealth nations could take massive hits if appropriate steps aren’t taken following the UK’s departure from the EU. The forecast over so-called Brexit comes from policy experts’ analysis in two new research papers published by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Concern over Brexit in vulnerable Commonwealth states
Passions ran high as money transfer businesses and smaller financial institutions met yesterday at the Commonwealth Secretariat to address a “detrimental” decline in international banking for many businesses and individuals.
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Commonwealth calls for collaboration on ‘detrimental’ declines in banking relationships
This week the Commonwealth is convening a meeting of banks, financial gurus and global regulators to explore its report on solutions to a problem that is threatening development in vulnerable economies.
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Experts debate solutions to ‘detrimental’ decline in banking partnerships
How do small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the global south find the financing they need to export more goods and services? That’s the tough question the Commonwealth, in partnership with the investment firm GBS Africa put to a panel of experts.
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Finding credit to finance trade: closing the import-export gap in developing countries
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There is an urgent need to find new ways to produce and consume in a manner that respect planetary boundaries, combat climate change, reduce waste, and preserve biodiversity.
The Commonwealth will offer strength, stability, solidarity and practical assistance to its member states and in particular will advocate for small and vulnerable economies the Commonwealth Secretary-General pledged yesterday at the CARICOM conference.
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‘The Commonwealth an anchor in turbulent times’
The Hub and Spokes II Programme enhances trade capacity in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions by placing trade advisers in national ministries and Regional Economic Communities (RECs).
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Hub and Spokes Programme assessed at Africa meeting
Climate change, indebtedness, protecting migrant remittances and banking systems, and the consequences of Britain’s exit from the EU on small and vulnerable economies are priority concerns for the Secretary-General at CARICOM Conference.
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Commonwealth Secretary-General heads to Caribbean for CARICOM summit
Senior officials from 18 Commonwealth small states and overseas territories expressed broad support for global efforts to promote greater international tax transparency, during a Commonwealth International Tax Roundtable in London hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Commonwealth small states call for voice to be heard in shaping tax standards
Small and medium enterprises in India stand to gain from enhanced trade links with emerging markets across the globe, through a new Commonwealth business association launched today in New Delhi.
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Indian firms to boost trade links through new Commonwealth association
Barbados MP Donville Inniss has praised the Commonwealth Secretariat for its leadership on key issues affecting the Caribbean such as international tax and financial regulations.
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Barbados MP commends the Commonwealth for “timely” international tax event
Small Commonwealth countries and jurisdictions need an evidenced-based approach to understand the impact of international tax policies on institutions that offer financial services to overseas clients, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said today.
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Commonwealth roundtable focuses on the impact of international tax policies
On 20-21 June, the Commonwealth International Tax Roundtable in London will bring together countries that host International Financial Centres (IFCs). IFCs offer overseas clients services such as international banking, investment management and insurance.
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Commonwealth roundtable to focus on international tax concerns
The Government of India is giving Commonwealth citizens the opportunity to attend fully-funded training courses across a range of areas, including rural development, IT, telecommunications and renewable energy, in association with the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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India offers fully-funded training courses to Commonwealth citizens
Commonwealth ministers endorse a new strategic plan from the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, giving it a mandate to promote universal access to broadband internet and strengthen cybersecurity.
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ICT Ministers endorse new Commonwealth telecommunications plan
A new initiative to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) trade and invest across the Commonwealth is being launched by the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC), with support from Royal Mail.
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CommonwealthFirst to support small and medium enterprises seeking to export