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11 Oct 16
Civic leaders are increasingly taking on the responsibility for sourcing city energy supplies to secure a clean energy future for citizens, a report by Arup has found.
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10 Oct 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has outlined the policies she believes are needed to foster inclusive growth as the world enters a new, digital age.
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10 Oct 16
The global monetary system is ill-equipped to handle today’s key challenges, a panel of Asian economists has warned.
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7 Oct 16
United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to eliminate tax secrecy and offshore tax evasion after a fresh tax leak named the directors of several secretive firms in the Bahamas.
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7 Oct 16
The International Federation of Accountants has done the best work to build the capacity of professional accountancy organisations around the world this year, judges at an awards ceremony decided...
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7 Oct 16
Olympic host countries are all too keen to show off how amazing their technology is. And their innovations should make other cities better places to live
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7 Oct 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has launched another attack on the “economic malpractice” of protectionism amid growing fears of a worldwide backlash against...
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6 Oct 16
The world will need another 69 million teachers if every child is to have the opportunity to go to school by 2030, the United Nations has warned.
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6 Oct 16
The world’s “unprecedented” and “unsustainable” $152tn debt mountain must be urgently tackled before it triggers another, deeper global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund has stressed.
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6 Oct 16
Former Portuguese prime minister António Guterres is to be the next United Nations secretary general, the organisation’s security council have agreed.
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5 Oct 16
Governments around the world are spending more on tackling climate change, mostly in their own countries, according to the Climate Policy Initiative.
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5 Oct 16
The world’s youngest children suffer the most from the impact of extreme poverty, a joint report from UNICEF and the World Bank has found.
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5 Oct 16
The UK is one of only a handful of countries that spends 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid. What are the arguments for and against?
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4 Oct 16
The global economy’s growth deficiency is set to prevail in the long term, despite an uptick in emerging and developing economies, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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4 Oct 16
Auditors general from around the world will gather in Abu Dhabi for the congress of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions in December. PF asked six of them to share their hopes...
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3 Oct 16
The World Bank’s private sector lending arm is profiting from projects linked to human rights and environmental abuses, according to a report from Oxfam.
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3 Oct 16
High rates of inequality could stifle progress toward ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank has warned.
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3 Oct 16
If development is political, what should donors do? Less politically naïve programming would be a good start
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29 Sep 16
Most governments are falling short of good practice in public-private partnerships, the World Bank has found.
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29 Sep 16
The European Union’s budget chief Kristalina Georgieva has entered the race to become United Nations secretary general after fellow Bulgarian Irina Bokova failed to win the needed support.
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29 Sep 16
The World Bank’s board has unanimously reappointed incumbent president Jim Yong Kim for a second five year term, despite vocal objections from staff and international demand for a non-American...
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29 Sep 16
Lack of sleep is an organisational issue as it can damage both individual performance and workplace relationships. Managers need to address it in themselves and their teams
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29 Sep 16
Building staff capability and capacity globally will be key if countries are to adopt accruals-based accounts that comply with international standards
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28 Sep 16
China, India and Russia are the world’s deadliest countries for outdoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation.
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28 Sep 16
Policymakers must work to change the increasingly popular narrative that free trade only benefits the “fortunate few”, the International Monetary Fund has warned.