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16 Jun 17
The US’s planned cuts to foreign aid would have “life and death consequences” and harm American interests, according to a coalition of aid and health NGOs.
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15 Jun 17
The total value of negative-yielding public debt rose by nearly $1tn between the start of March and the end of May, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
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8 Jun 17
More than 70 countries have backed the swift implementation of international measures to limit tax avoidance by multinational companies.
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7 Jun 17
Aid to education is stagnating, according to United Nations cultural agency Unesco, which has highlighted that funding allocated to the sector fell for the sixth year in a row in 2015.
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5 Jun 17
Governments should move towards a more “empowering” role to combat the negative by-products of globalisation, according to the OECD.
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5 Jun 17
The World Bank has sounded the alarm over large deficits and rising debt in emerging and developing markets in its latest report on global economic prospects.
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2 Jun 17
Leaders from around the world have roundly condemned US president Donald Trump’s decision to pull one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases out of a landmark global agreement to curb...
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1 Jun 17
Growing “peace inequality” is seeing violence, conflict and insecurity – and the human and economic costs of these – increasingly concentrated in a handful of countries.
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30 May 17
Read the October 2016 special edition of PFI Magazine
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30 May 17
Moving to a system of universal basic income would produce more winners than losers among low-income groups but prove ineffective in reducing poverty, the OECD has found.
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30 May 17
US president Donald Trump has steered away from commitments on limiting climate change reaffirmed over the weekend by other wealthy economies.
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25 May 17
The majority of countries are still chronically underprepared for disease pandemics, with a working group on the issue dubbing this short-sighted, bad economics.
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24 May 17
US president Donald Trump has proposed dramatic cuts to the US’s overseas aid spending in his budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
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24 May 17
Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is to become director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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24 May 17
African nations are subsiding countries far richer than they, research by a group of development charities has found.
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23 May 17
Taking measures to tackle climate change will boost economic growth over the medium and long term, according to a OECD report.
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17 May 17
The US has significantly expanded its policy of refusing aid to organisations that provide abortion or offer advice and information on it. It will now affect $8.8bn worth of funding rather than $600m...
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16 May 17
Public services in some of the world’s poorest countries are being starved of resources as a result of their governments’ heavy debt loads, the Jubilee Debt Campaign has warned.
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16 May 17
The relationship between inequality is not uniform – it depends where in the world you look
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15 May 17
China has pledged to spend over $120bn in support of its ambitious development plan centred on building trade and connectivity infrastructure across Asia, Africa and Europe.
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12 May 17
UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
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12 May 17
Public Finance International talks to Sunaina Roshan Shrestha, a CIPFA member working in Nepal, about qualifications and breaking into the public sector
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10 May 17
A growing trend towards earmarking public aid funds is burdening aid agencies with high administrative costs, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has said.
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8 May 17
A universal basic income can increase efficiency and accountability in the public finances of developing countries, experts have argued at a debate held at a UK-based think-tank.
16 Jun 17The US’s planned cuts to foreign aid would have “life and death consequences” and harm American interests, according to a coalition of aid and health NGOs.
15 Jun 17The total value of negative-yielding public debt rose by nearly $1tn between the start of March and the end of May, according to ratings agency Fitch.
14 Jun 17The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
8 Jun 17More than 70 countries have backed the swift implementation of international measures to limit tax avoidance by multinational companies.
7 Jun 17Aid to education is stagnating, according to United Nations cultural agency Unesco, which has highlighted that funding allocated to the sector fell for the sixth year in a row in 2015.
5 Jun 17Governments should move towards a more “empowering” role to combat the negative by-products of globalisation, according to the OECD.
5 Jun 17The World Bank has sounded the alarm over large deficits and rising debt in emerging and developing markets in its latest report on global economic prospects.
2 Jun 17Leaders from around the world have roundly condemned US president Donald Trump’s decision to pull one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases out of a landmark global agreement to curb...
1 Jun 17Growing “peace inequality” is seeing violence, conflict and insecurity – and the human and economic costs of these – increasingly concentrated in a handful of countries.
30 May 17Read the October 2016 special edition of PFI Magazine
30 May 17Moving to a system of universal basic income would produce more winners than losers among low-income groups but prove ineffective in reducing poverty, the OECD has found.
30 May 17US president Donald Trump has steered away from commitments on limiting climate change reaffirmed over the weekend by other wealthy economies.
25 May 17The majority of countries are still chronically underprepared for disease pandemics, with a working group on the issue dubbing this short-sighted, bad economics.
24 May 17US president Donald Trump has proposed dramatic cuts to the US’s overseas aid spending in his budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
24 May 17Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is to become director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
24 May 17African nations are subsiding countries far richer than they, research by a group of development charities has found.
23 May 17Taking measures to tackle climate change will boost economic growth over the medium and long term, according to a OECD report.
17 May 17The US has significantly expanded its policy of refusing aid to organisations that provide abortion or offer advice and information on it. It will now affect $8.8bn worth of funding rather than $600m...
16 May 17Public services in some of the world’s poorest countries are being starved of resources as a result of their governments’ heavy debt loads, the Jubilee Debt Campaign has warned.
16 May 17The relationship between inequality is not uniform – it depends where in the world you look
15 May 17China has pledged to spend over $120bn in support of its ambitious development plan centred on building trade and connectivity infrastructure across Asia, Africa and Europe.
12 May 17UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
12 May 17Public Finance International talks to Sunaina Roshan Shrestha, a CIPFA member working in Nepal, about qualifications and breaking into the public sector
10 May 17A growing trend towards earmarking public aid funds is burdening aid agencies with high administrative costs, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has said.
8 May 17A universal basic income can increase efficiency and accountability in the public finances of developing countries, experts have argued at a debate held at a UK-based think-tank.
