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30 Jun 16
All countries can learn from work to improve public financial management in fragile and conflict-afflicted states
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29 Jun 16
Four new financing instruments aimed at driving billions of dollars for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries are to be tested.
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29 Jun 16
Annual global infrastructure investment could be growing by 5% a year by 2020, despite a lacklustre commodities sector and slowing Chinese growth, finds a new report.
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28 Jun 16
The United Nations has warned of a $16.1bn funding gap in its humanitarian aid appeal that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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24 Jun 16
Shockwaves from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union are reverberating throughout the global economy and politics this morning as the fallout of Brexit spreads across the world.
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24 Jun 16
Boosting growth in cities is linked to good public financial management that helps engage both public authorities and business in the potential for private and public investments.
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23 Jun 16
Governments must stop “dithering” on enhancing the digital economy or risk missing out on its huge economic and social benefits, the OECD has warned.
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23 Jun 16
Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by consolidating support services like HR, finance and...
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22 Jun 16
Refugees have a positive impact on the economies of their host communities, in particular when given cash transfers, a study conducted in Rwanda has found.
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22 Jun 16
Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
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22 Jun 16
Mayors from across the globe are to come together to fight climate change after the world’s largest coalition of cities committed to environmental leadership was launched today.
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20 Jun 16
One in every 113 people in the world was a refugee in 2015, according to new figures released today by the United Nations’ refugee agency.
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17 Jun 16
Many efforts to replicate UK government initiatives around the world have failed. Donor-funded attempts to support public service reform must better match plans to local circumstances.
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16 Jun 16
Brexit would damage the economic and political interests of the entire Commonwealth and hinder international initiatives requiring global cooperation, the chief of the Commonwealth Local Government...
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15 Jun 16
Fighting corruption requires renewed global coordination and more effective mechanisms that make use of novel technology, information and opportunities for openness, the World Bank’s managing...
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15 Jun 16
It is not yet time to implement public country-by-country reporting for multinational firms or public registers of beneficial ownership, the director of the OECD’s centre for tax policy has argued.
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14 Jun 16
Corruption is everybody’s problem. Public finance staff need to join civil society and businesses in ensuring it is stamped out.
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14 Jun 16
Efforts to replicate successful UK reforms elsewhere often fail because global consultancies encourage their application without regard for local context, culture and capability, a UK think-tank has...
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14 Jun 16
British MPs yesterday gave support to the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7% of its national income overseas.
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10 Jun 16
Tackling badly coordinated policies will be key to stimulating stubbornly low productivity growth, the OECD has said.
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10 Jun 16
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon was forced to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from its children’s rights ‘blacklist’ because a number of countries threatened to withdraw...
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9 Jun 16
Increasing violence and unrest cost the world economy $13.6 trillion, or 13.3% of global GDP, in 2015, according to the annual Global Peace Index.
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8 Jun 16
A G8 initiative to facilitate corporate investment in African agriculture has benefited big companies while smallholder farmers have lost land and money, the European Parliament has concluded.
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8 Jun 16
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecasts for 2016 to 2.4%, from the already modest 2.9% it predicted in January.
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7 Jun 16
The world is about to undergo a “transition to a new order” in global trade with the Asian and African regions accruing increasing power while Europe declines, a joint-report by the Dubai Multi...
30 Jun 16All countries can learn from work to improve public financial management in fragile and conflict-afflicted states
29 Jun 16Four new financing instruments aimed at driving billions of dollars for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries are to be tested.
29 Jun 16Annual global infrastructure investment could be growing by 5% a year by 2020, despite a lacklustre commodities sector and slowing Chinese growth, finds a new report.
28 Jun 16The United Nations has warned of a $16.1bn funding gap in its humanitarian aid appeal that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable people.
24 Jun 16Shockwaves from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union are reverberating throughout the global economy and politics this morning as the fallout of Brexit spreads across the world.
24 Jun 16Boosting growth in cities is linked to good public financial management that helps engage both public authorities and business in the potential for private and public investments.
23 Jun 16Governments must stop “dithering” on enhancing the digital economy or risk missing out on its huge economic and social benefits, the OECD has warned.
23 Jun 16Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by consolidating support services like HR, finance and...
22 Jun 16Refugees have a positive impact on the economies of their host communities, in particular when given cash transfers, a study conducted in Rwanda has found.
22 Jun 16Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
22 Jun 16Mayors from across the globe are to come together to fight climate change after the world’s largest coalition of cities committed to environmental leadership was launched today.
20 Jun 16One in every 113 people in the world was a refugee in 2015, according to new figures released today by the United Nations’ refugee agency.
17 Jun 16Many efforts to replicate UK government initiatives around the world have failed. Donor-funded attempts to support public service reform must better match plans to local circumstances.
15 Jun 16Fighting corruption requires renewed global coordination and more effective mechanisms that make use of novel technology, information and opportunities for openness, the World Bank’s managing...
15 Jun 16It is not yet time to implement public country-by-country reporting for multinational firms or public registers of beneficial ownership, the director of the OECD’s centre for tax policy has argued.
14 Jun 16Corruption is everybody’s problem. Public finance staff need to join civil society and businesses in ensuring it is stamped out.
14 Jun 16Efforts to replicate successful UK reforms elsewhere often fail because global consultancies encourage their application without regard for local context, culture and capability, a UK think-tank has...
10 Jun 16Tackling badly coordinated policies will be key to stimulating stubbornly low productivity growth, the OECD has said.
10 Jun 16United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon was forced to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from its children’s rights ‘blacklist’ because a number of countries threatened to withdraw...
9 Jun 16Increasing violence and unrest cost the world economy $13.6 trillion, or 13.3% of global GDP, in 2015, according to the annual Global Peace Index.
8 Jun 16A G8 initiative to facilitate corporate investment in African agriculture has benefited big companies while smallholder farmers have lost land and money, the European Parliament has concluded.
8 Jun 16The World Bank has cut its global growth forecasts for 2016 to 2.4%, from the already modest 2.9% it predicted in January.
7 Jun 16The world is about to undergo a “transition to a new order” in global trade with the Asian and African regions accruing increasing power while Europe declines, a joint-report by the Dubai Multi...
