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26 May 16
Early implementers of carbon pricing schemes raised $26bn in 2015, up 60% from the year before, the World Bank has said.
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26 May 16
Japanese economists and experts have urged G7 governments to take the lead on ending tax havens as the countries’ leaders convene in Japan today.
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26 May 16
Britain’s “generosity” has sparked increased aid contributions from the rest of the G7 nations, the ONE campaign has said.
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25 May 16
The International Rescue Committee has called for governments across the world to take action to introduce electronic cash transfers in the humanitarian aid system that could transform responses in...
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25 May 16
A “Grand Bargain” that it is hoped will reboot humanitarian aid finance was signed at the first ever World Humanitarian Summit, which drew to a close in Istanbul yesterday.
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24 May 16
The World Bank has launched the world’s first ever insurance and pandemic bonds to help protect against deadly infectious disease.
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24 May 16
The UK’s development agency needs to do more to ensure value for money and sustainability in its water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, the country’s Independent Commission for Aid Impact has said...
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23 May 16
The world’s first ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) opened in Istanbul today, and will attempt to find ways to relieve the unprecedented strain the global humanitarian system is under.
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23 May 16
There is improved awareness of the contribution public financial management makes to good governance and facing down corruption. However, accrual-based information must be deployed
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19 May 16
A poor global economy and lack of quality jobs threatens to undo decades’ worth of progress in eliminating poverty, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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18 May 16
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is to spend $80m over the next three years to close data gaps on the status of women and girls around the world.
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18 May 16
The US has slapped a 522% tax on Chinese steel after accusing the nation of distorting the market by flooding it with cheap product.
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17 May 16
Procurement specialists have gathered in Kazakhstan this week to share best practice on how to ensure integrity and transparency in public procurement.
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17 May 16
A “game-changing” education fund with hopes of tackling what has been described as a global crisis in education is to be launched next week.
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17 May 16
The UK’s Department for International Development must step up its work to tackle violence against women and girls to match the “huge” scale of the problem, the country’s Independent Commission for...
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17 May 16
CIPFA has launched a renewed International Public Sector Accounting Standards training programme at a forum in Malaysia.
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16 May 16
Soaring demand for materials from developing and emerging countries means global resource consumption could double by 2050, the OECD has warned.
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13 May 16
Several humanitarian aid operations funded by the US development agency to deliver aid to Syrians have been halted, following reports of corruption, the agency has announced.
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13 May 16
Yesterday’s Anti-Corruption Summit saw world leaders vow to double down on what UK prime minister David Cameron dubbed the “cancer” of corruption – however only a handful of countries announced firm...
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12 May 16
Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
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11 May 16
Panama has agreed to share its financial account information automatically in order to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
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10 May 16
British MPs have weighed into a row over the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, due to be held in Istanbul later this month, stressing that defending International Humanitarian Law (IHL) should be...
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9 May 16
Public entities in Commonwealth countries could have to prove they are meeting anti-corruption standards before they can access aid and loans, according to proposals drawn up by secretary general...
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9 May 16
More than 300 leading economists have told world leaders that there is no economic justification for the existence of tax havens and urged them to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding them.
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4 May 16
Future water shortages could spur migration, spark conflict and knock more than 10% off the size of some regions’ economies, the World Bank warned today.