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17 Jan 19
The change in World Bank president presents an opportunity to appoint someone who will implement global development goals, say Eurodad’s Maria Jose Romero and Cecilia Gondard.
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15 Jan 19
Countries need to allocate more money into budgets that support the integration of refugees into the workforce and society, the OECD has urged.
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11 Jan 19
China has said talks with the US this week “laid the foundations” to resolve the ongoing trade war.
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9 Jan 19
The World Bank has called on developing countries to prioritise “effective public spending” as growth stalls amid rising borrowing costs and global trade tensions.
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8 Jan 19
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has resigned from his post three years before he was due to leave.
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7 Jan 19
Simone Rensch looks at whether state-backed digital currencies are the future and cash a thing of the past.
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4 Jan 19
The US and China are due to hold talks next week in an attempt to ease the ongoing trade war.
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3 Jan 19
Rising borrowing costs for developing countries should be tackled to avoid a “full-blown debt crisis”, campaigners have warned.
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19 Dec 18
The UK has pledged £100m extra funding to renewable energy projects in Africa giving hundreds of thousands access to electricity, the government has announced.
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17 Dec 18
Brexit will be a “unique opportunity” for the UK to work with international partners to combat corruption.
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14 Dec 18
China could cut tariffs on US-made cars to 15% from the current 40%, undoing the import duty hike it introduced this summer.
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13 Dec 18
Attempts to make aid spending by private organisations more transparent continued to stall, which NGOs have warned could harm some of the world’s poorest communities.
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11 Dec 18
A new financial crisis is brewing but countries are not prepared, the deputy head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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10 Dec 18
Countries around the world need a “big rethink” on their investment in education, the International Monetary Fund’s outgoing chief economist has urged.
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10 Dec 18
Meeting internationally agreed climate goals could save trillions of dollars lost as a result of air pollution globally, according to the World Health Organization.
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7 Dec 18
IPSASB’s social benefits standard has finally been approved after 16 years but this is just the start and it is likely to be reviewed after a few years of use, says the board’s Paul Mason.
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7 Dec 18
During the IFAC Professional Accountancy Organization Development Committee meeting in October 2018, committee members engaged in a day of creative thinking about the future-ready PAO. CIPFA’s Alan...
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6 Dec 18
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has reached a “major milestone”, approving the standard on accounting for social benefits after 16 years of discussion.
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4 Dec 18
The world’s most powerful economies have agreed to improve the global trading system as US president Donald Trump delays Chinese tariffs.
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3 Dec 18
International aid earmarked for climate projects increased by 17% to $56.7bn in 2017, continuing a trend of rising funding for this area, OECD data showed.
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30 Nov 18
Some form of relief scheme is needed for smaller states that have suffered natural disasters to get debt down to a sustainable level, suggests Jubilee Debt Campaign’s Tim Jones.
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30 Nov 18
G20 leaders must shift their investments to more low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure to limit the impact of climate change, global organisations have warned.
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30 Nov 18
A top UK Department for International Development civil servant has vowed to fight attempts to spend increasing amounts of aid money outside his department.
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30 Nov 18
CIPFA is looking for public finance practitioners to submit and review articles for its international journal Public Money & Management (PMM).
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29 Nov 18
Loan conditions imposed by the IMF are leaving countries struggling to pay for basic healthcare, according to a network of civil society organisations.
17 Jan 19The change in World Bank president presents an opportunity to appoint someone who will implement global development goals, say Eurodad’s Maria Jose Romero and Cecilia Gondard.
15 Jan 19Countries need to allocate more money into budgets that support the integration of refugees into the workforce and society, the OECD has urged.
11 Jan 19China has said talks with the US this week “laid the foundations” to resolve the ongoing trade war.
9 Jan 19The World Bank has called on developing countries to prioritise “effective public spending” as growth stalls amid rising borrowing costs and global trade tensions.
8 Jan 19World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has resigned from his post three years before he was due to leave.
7 Jan 19Simone Rensch looks at whether state-backed digital currencies are the future and cash a thing of the past. web_digital_currency_istock-485732055-1.png ISTOCK...
3 Jan 19Rising borrowing costs for developing countries should be tackled to avoid a “full-blown debt crisis”, campaigners have warned.
19 Dec 18The UK has pledged £100m extra funding to renewable energy projects in Africa giving hundreds of thousands access to electricity, the government has announced.
17 Dec 18Brexit will be a “unique opportunity” for the UK to work with international partners to combat corruption.
14 Dec 18China could cut tariffs on US-made cars to 15% from the current 40%, undoing the import duty hike it introduced this summer.
13 Dec 18Attempts to make aid spending by private organisations more transparent continued to stall, which NGOs have warned could harm some of the world’s poorest communities.
10 Dec 18Countries around the world need a “big rethink” on their investment in education, the International Monetary Fund’s outgoing chief economist has urged.
10 Dec 18Meeting internationally agreed climate goals could save trillions of dollars lost as a result of air pollution globally, according to the World Health Organization.
7 Dec 18IPSASB’s social benefits standard has finally been approved after 16 years but this is just the start and it is likely to be reviewed after a few years of use, says the board’s Paul Mason.
7 Dec 18During the IFAC Professional Accountancy Organization Development Committee meeting in October 2018, committee members engaged in a day of creative thinking about the future-ready PAO. CIPFA’s Alan...
6 Dec 18The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has reached a “major milestone”, approving the standard on accounting for social benefits after 16 years of discussion.
4 Dec 18The world’s most powerful economies have agreed to improve the global trading system as US president Donald Trump delays Chinese tariffs.
30 Nov 18Some form of relief scheme is needed for smaller states that have suffered natural disasters to get debt down to a sustainable level, suggests Jubilee Debt Campaign’s Tim Jones.
30 Nov 18G20 leaders must shift their investments to more low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure to limit the impact of climate change, global organisations have warned.
30 Nov 18A top UK Department for International Development civil servant has vowed to fight attempts to spend increasing amounts of aid money outside his department.
30 Nov 18CIPFA is looking for public finance practitioners to submit and review articles for its international journal Public Money & Management (PMM).
29 Nov 18Loan conditions imposed by the IMF are leaving countries struggling to pay for basic healthcare, according to a network of civil society organisations.
