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13 Oct 17
Rich countries could raise their top rate of tax without damaging growth, the head of the IMF has said.
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11 Oct 17
The annual global medical bill for treating obesity could reach $1.2trn by 2025, experts have warned.
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11 Oct 17
Public-private partnerships are too expensive, high risk and “encourage corruption and bad decision-making”, civil society organisations said as they launched a campaign to stop their...
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11 Oct 17
Global growth is projected to rise, but its recovery is “incomplete” and may not last, the IMF has warned.
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11 Oct 17
Developing countries need more money to educate girls in order to grow local and global economies, an advocacy organisation has said.
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10 Oct 17
The escalating levels of debt and growth of liquidity across the world could cause another financial crisis, the departing German finance minister has warned.
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10 Oct 17
Governments should change the way they account for minerals receipts to get a true picture of the revenue they bring in, says Rahul Basu and Daryl DaCosta from the Goa Foundation.
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6 Oct 17
Developing countries need to adapt national and international policies to cope with the rising wages in their nations, OECD members have said.
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4 Oct 17
Advanced economies are not doing enough to close gender gaps, despite increased focus on getting more women into public and private sector leadership, the OECD has said.
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3 Oct 17
The UK has announced plans to clamp down on the risk of profiteering, excessive charges and unscrupulous practices as part of a new reform on aid suppliers.
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29 Sep 17
Progress in financial accountability in different countries can be seen at a glance and compared using a new international index, says CIPFA's Steven Cain.
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29 Sep 17
It will be a case of one small step interspersed with the occasional burst of rapid progress for new chief finance officers getting to grips with complicated environments, says CIPFA's Claire Lake....
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27 Sep 17
A CIPFA-developed online platform aimed at helping global not-for-profit organisations get to grips with varying financial reporting methods has been launched today.
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25 Sep 17
The world is running out of antibiotics and research funding is needed to combat the threat of antibiotic resistant diseases, such as tuberculosis, a new report by the World Health Organisation has...
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22 Sep 17
The Swiss National Bank and the National Bank of Belgium have both agreed to lend millions of dollars to support low-income countries, in partnership with the International Monetary Fund.
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22 Sep 17
The United Nations has called for further investments and economic policy changes to tackle global hunger affecting millions around the world.
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22 Sep 17
Attempts to stamp out global tax avoidance are being undermined by countries negotiating low-tax sweetheart deals. How should the system be cleaned up?
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21 Sep 17
The UN is “not fit for purpose” when it comes to the challenges of today, UK international development secretary has said.
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20 Sep 17
More than two thirds of promises made by 43 countries to fight corruption last year have been completed or seen progress but more work needs to be done, a report said.
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20 Sep 17
Structural reforms as well as better use of tax and spending policies are needed to achieve more inclusive growth and boost productivity, wages and skills around the world, the OECD said in its...
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19 Sep 17
The US’s 22% contribution to the United Nations’ budget is “unfair”, president Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly today.
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19 Sep 17
A global initiative to achieve “equal pay for equal work” and increase women’s pay across the world was launched at the UN General Assembly yesterday.
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19 Sep 17
New methodologies are needed to quantify and analyse the problem of corruption across the world, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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15 Sep 17
The United Nations has called for governments around the world to end austerity to rebalance global economy and “put people before profits”.
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14 Sep 17
The world’s six largest multilateral development banks increased their climate financing in developing countries to $27.4bn in 2016, up from $25bn the year before.