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3 Nov 15
Ending corruption is critical to achieving sustainable development, the world’s largest anti-corruption forum heard yesterday.
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3 Nov 15
CIPFA has appointed Gillian Fawcett as head of its governments faculty to lead the institute’s work on global financial management.
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2 Nov 15
Anti-corruption campaign Transparency International has criticised the Open Government Partnership, saying its strategy is lacking and urged the 66-member group to stretch its ambitions.
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2 Nov 15
Countries planning to establish special disaster risk management funds to meet the costs incurred by earthquakes and floods should “pay attention to the lessons of the past”, an accounting professor...
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2 Nov 15
Further strides towards greater tax transparency around the world have been made with 13 countries signing up to the international framework enabling the automatic exchange of information.
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30 Oct 15
Representatives of landlocked and some of the least developing countries have urged for the greater Official Development Assistance and Foreign Direct Investment necessary for their economic progress...
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30 Oct 15
Current worldwide efforts to combat climate change are a big improvement towards preventing a global temperature rise of more than 2°C, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (...
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30 Oct 15
Uruguay has joined the OECD’s Development Centre in a move that will support inclusive growth within the country.
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29 Oct 15
The Open Government Partnership and the United Nations Development Programme must work together to build transparent and inclusive institutions around the world, UNDP administrator Helen Clark has...
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28 Oct 15
More effective regulation can act as a lever for economic growth, according to the OECD.
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27 Oct 15
Government action is needed now to meet the “formidable” fiscal challenges presented by shrinking and ageing populations, a report by the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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27 Oct 15
Improved management of public finances is fundamental to international development and poverty reduction, the president of CIPFA has told an international accounting conference in Kuala Lumpur.
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23 Oct 15
As the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are adopted by world leaders, donor nations must consider how to increase the efficiency of aid spending. Improved auditing can be key to making improvements...
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23 Oct 15
The International Monetary Fund has found a strong link between the levels of the gender pay gap in a country and overall income inequality.
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22 Oct 15
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has added his voice to international calls for tax reform in the developing world.
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21 Oct 15
Public finance professionals face huge challenges worldwide. But there are also good reasons to be optimistic about aiming for ambitious goals
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21 Oct 15
The Sustainable Development Goals present a challenge to all nations. If they are to succeed policymakers need to start thinking and working in more collaborative ways.
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20 Oct 15
A group of central and local government leaders and companies from across the world have called for forthcoming talks on tackling climate change to back a global price for carbon.
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19 Oct 15
Interest is growing in developing international standards for financial reporting by not-for-profit bodies. The merits of an international not-for-profit reporting framework were examined at a recent...
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19 Oct 15
Governments should step up their investment in research and development, particularly cutting-edge technologies, as cuts threaten to destabilise science and research systems in many advanced...
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12 Oct 15
International finance ministers should work together to improve key services in developing countries, according to the head of the World Bank.
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12 Oct 15
Developing countries must continue raising more in domestic taxes while taking advantage of wider efforts to combat tax evasion by multinationals, the IMF/World Bank annual meetings were told.
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9 Oct 15
The World Bank is ready to help governments support refugees, including asking developed countries to take charge of capital market loans that displaced people might use to start businesses and...
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8 Oct 15
Large-scale migration from poor countries to richer regions across the world will “reshape economic development” for decades, a joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund report has...
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8 Oct 15
Rich countries invested $62bn in developing countries in 2014 in order to tackle climate change, up from $52bn the previous year, a report has found.
3 Nov 15Ending corruption is critical to achieving sustainable development, the world’s largest anti-corruption forum heard yesterday.
3 Nov 15CIPFA has appointed Gillian Fawcett as head of its governments faculty to lead the institute’s work on global financial management.
2 Nov 15Anti-corruption campaign Transparency International has criticised the Open Government Partnership, saying its strategy is lacking and urged the 66-member group to stretch its ambitions.
2 Nov 15Countries planning to establish special disaster risk management funds to meet the costs incurred by earthquakes and floods should “pay attention to the lessons of the past”, an accounting professor...
2 Nov 15Further strides towards greater tax transparency around the world have been made with 13 countries signing up to the international framework enabling the automatic exchange of information.
30 Oct 15Representatives of landlocked and some of the least developing countries have urged for the greater Official Development Assistance and Foreign Direct Investment necessary for their economic progress...
30 Oct 15Current worldwide efforts to combat climate change are a big improvement towards preventing a global temperature rise of more than 2°C, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (...
30 Oct 15Uruguay has joined the OECD’s Development Centre in a move that will support inclusive growth within the country.
29 Oct 15The Open Government Partnership and the United Nations Development Programme must work together to build transparent and inclusive institutions around the world, UNDP administrator Helen Clark has...
28 Oct 15More effective regulation can act as a lever for economic growth, according to the OECD.
27 Oct 15Government action is needed now to meet the “formidable” fiscal challenges presented by shrinking and ageing populations, a report by the International Monetary Fund has warned.
27 Oct 15Improved management of public finances is fundamental to international development and poverty reduction, the president of CIPFA has told an international accounting conference in Kuala Lumpur.
23 Oct 15As the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are adopted by world leaders, donor nations must consider how to increase the efficiency of aid spending. Improved auditing can be key to making improvements...
23 Oct 15The International Monetary Fund has found a strong link between the levels of the gender pay gap in a country and overall income inequality.
22 Oct 15Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has added his voice to international calls for tax reform in the developing world.
21 Oct 15Public finance professionals face huge challenges worldwide. But there are also good reasons to be optimistic about aiming for ambitious goals
21 Oct 15The Sustainable Development Goals present a challenge to all nations. If they are to succeed policymakers need to start thinking and working in more collaborative ways.
19 Oct 15Interest is growing in developing international standards for financial reporting by not-for-profit bodies. The merits of an international not-for-profit reporting framework were examined at a recent...
19 Oct 15Governments should step up their investment in research and development, particularly cutting-edge technologies, as cuts threaten to destabilise science and research systems in many advanced...
12 Oct 15International finance ministers should work together to improve key services in developing countries, according to the head of the World Bank.
12 Oct 15Developing countries must continue raising more in domestic taxes while taking advantage of wider efforts to combat tax evasion by multinationals, the IMF/World Bank annual meetings were told.
9 Oct 15The World Bank is ready to help governments support refugees, including asking developed countries to take charge of capital market loans that displaced people might use to start businesses and...
8 Oct 15Large-scale migration from poor countries to richer regions across the world will “reshape economic development” for decades, a joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund report has...
8 Oct 15Rich countries invested $62bn in developing countries in 2014 in order to tackle climate change, up from $52bn the previous year, a report has found.
