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26 Oct 20
“Unfair” global tax rules mean 20 developing countries miss out on as much as $2.8bn in tax from just three companies, campaigning organisation ActionAid has said.
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21 Oct 20
Covid-19 is an opportunity for public finance professionals to influence politicians, thereby improving public services and making economies more fair, a Public Finance Live conference session has...
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19 Oct 20
Public bodies must not forget about climate change as they deal with the fallout of the pandemic, the Public Finance Live conference has been told.
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16 Oct 20
In the ongoing COVID-19 crisis there have been many lessons learned about what good leadership can look like. Here are some ways you can identify your personal leadership style and adapt it to meet...
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14 Oct 20
The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.
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13 Oct 20
The world’s poorest countries were at risk of debt crises even before Covid-19, with their debts climbing to the highest ever levels in 2019.
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12 Oct 20
Global efforts to reform the way giant digital businesses are taxed will stretch into 2021, after political differences and Covid-19 slowed negotiations.
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9 Oct 20
Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
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8 Oct 20
Extreme poverty is set to rise around the world for the first time in more than 20 years as Covid-19 continues to weigh on the global economy, the World Bank has warned.
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6 Oct 20
Some of the world’s poorest countries will continue to benefit from debt service relief for another six months, after the IMF extended its scheme.
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6 Oct 20
Co-founder of Public Finance by Women Gillian Fawcett outlines the results of a survey on whether gender has been properly taken into account in governments’ financial responses to the pandemic.
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5 Oct 20
More than 200 million doses of a purported vaccine for Covid-19 have been sold by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund to countries desperate for an end to the health crisis.
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1 Oct 20
More than $500m of additional revenue has been secured for developing countries in the past five years through a joint OECD and United Nations tax initiative.
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30 Sep 20
What your organisation needs from you changes over time. This means that you often have to try out new things or take on tasks that are challenging. Therefore, every individual needs to be permeable...
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28 Sep 20
The IMF has lent $90bn since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – about one-third of its current total lending commitments.
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25 Sep 20
The pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to engender a “green reboot” of the global economy, argues CIPFA’s chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
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25 Sep 20
Curbing corruption is more important than ever amid the pandemic, the World Bank has argued in a report.
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22 Sep 20
Developing economies have some breathing space to deal with Covid-19 thanks to intervention by global financial institutions. But will piling up debt make recovery prospects even more precarious?
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18 Sep 20
For a finance business partner, the ability to present information, data and insight with both precision and clarity is absolutely crucial in communicating your findings effectively.
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14 Sep 20
An equal number of men and women will lead the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board for the first time, following the appointment of three new members.
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4 Sep 20
Raising taxes too quickly would risk harming countries’ economic recovery from the effects of Covid-19, the OECD has warned.
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3 Sep 20
Treasury management is as much about managing relationships as it is cash and risk. Together credibility, trust and understanding create the foundation upon which effective treasury management can be...
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2 Sep 20
The UK will reform the body that scrutinises its aid spending as it merges its international development department with the Foreign Office, the government has announced.
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19 Aug 20
CIPFA’s Alan Edwards has been appointed as chair of a committee working to improve public financial management in the Asia Pacific region.
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18 Aug 20
Poor countries’ debt payments have reached their highest level since 2001, having grown by 115% in the past decade, new analysis has found.
26 Oct 20“Unfair” global tax rules mean 20 developing countries miss out on as much as $2.8bn in tax from just three companies, campaigning organisation ActionAid has said.
21 Oct 20Covid-19 is an opportunity for public finance professionals to influence politicians, thereby improving public services and making economies more fair, a Public Finance Live conference session has...
19 Oct 20Public bodies must not forget about climate change as they deal with the fallout of the pandemic, the Public Finance Live conference has been told.
16 Oct 20In the ongoing COVID-19 crisis there have been many lessons learned about what good leadership can look like. Here are some ways you can identify your personal leadership style and adapt it to meet...
14 Oct 20The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.
13 Oct 20The world’s poorest countries were at risk of debt crises even before Covid-19, with their debts climbing to the highest ever levels in 2019.
12 Oct 20Global efforts to reform the way giant digital businesses are taxed will stretch into 2021, after political differences and Covid-19 slowed negotiations.
9 Oct 20Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
8 Oct 20Extreme poverty is set to rise around the world for the first time in more than 20 years as Covid-19 continues to weigh on the global economy, the World Bank has warned.
6 Oct 20Some of the world’s poorest countries will continue to benefit from debt service relief for another six months, after the IMF extended its scheme.
6 Oct 20Co-founder of Public Finance by Women Gillian Fawcett outlines the results of a survey on whether gender has been properly taken into account in governments’ financial responses to the pandemic.
5 Oct 20More than 200 million doses of a purported vaccine for Covid-19 have been sold by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund to countries desperate for an end to the health crisis.
1 Oct 20More than $500m of additional revenue has been secured for developing countries in the past five years through a joint OECD and United Nations tax initiative.
30 Sep 20What your organisation needs from you changes over time. This means that you often have to try out new things or take on tasks that are challenging. Therefore, every individual needs to be permeable...
28 Sep 20The IMF has lent $90bn since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – about one-third of its current total lending commitments.
25 Sep 20The pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to engender a “green reboot” of the global economy, argues CIPFA’s chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
25 Sep 20Curbing corruption is more important than ever amid the pandemic, the World Bank has argued in a report.
18 Sep 20For a finance business partner, the ability to present information, data and insight with both precision and clarity is absolutely crucial in communicating your findings effectively.
14 Sep 20An equal number of men and women will lead the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board for the first time, following the appointment of three new members.
3 Sep 20Treasury management is as much about managing relationships as it is cash and risk. Together credibility, trust and understanding create the foundation upon which effective treasury management can be...
2 Sep 20The UK will reform the body that scrutinises its aid spending as it merges its international development department with the Foreign Office, the government has announced.
19 Aug 20CIPFA’s Alan Edwards has been appointed as chair of a committee working to improve public financial management in the Asia Pacific region.
