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7 Oct 15
The vast humanitarian crisis unfolding on the EU’s doorstep highlights the importance of scrutinising international aid spending much more closely
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7 Oct 15
Cities power the world economy. They have become the engines of growth. This once seemed the ultimate urban cliché. Now it has the ring of truth.
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7 Oct 15
Read the Autumn 2015 edition of PFI Magazine, featuring interviews with the World Bank’s Arumna Oteh and newly appointed IPSASB chair Ian Carruthers, plus a cover feature examining the finances of...
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6 Oct 15
Read the Autumn 2015 edition of PFI Magazine, featuring interviews with the World Bank’s Arunma Oteh and newly appointed IPSASB chair Ian Carruthers, plus a cover feature examining the finances of...
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6 Oct 15
Less than 10% of the world’s population will be living in extreme poverty this year, the World Bank has said, but there is still “great concern” about the number concentrated in sub...
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5 Oct 15
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has overhauled the international rules governing the taxation of company profits. These revised rules are expected to be adopted by leaders...
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5 Oct 15
There is a need for a framework for more consistent financial reporting for not-for-profit organisations working across the globe.
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2 Oct 15
Governments and public sector leaders need to starting viewing digital security as an economic threat rather than a technical issue, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has...
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1 Oct 15
Arunma Oteh, new vice president and treasurer at the World Bank, talks exclusively to PFI about thinking big on global development goals, ending poverty and her ambitions for the job
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1 Oct 15
Global growth will be “disappointing and uneven” in 2015, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned as she urged governments worldwide to upgrade their fiscal policies....
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30 Sep 15
Ian Carruthers takes the helm at the Toronto-based IPSASB in the new year. He’s got big plans for raising public financial management standards worldwide
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29 Sep 15
British international development secretary Justine Greening has announced that £16m of UK aid money will go to the World Bank Trust Fund for capacity building in the area of data collection...
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29 Sep 15
The US and China have struck a co-operation deal on development issues.
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28 Sep 15
Nominations are open - it’s time to tell us who belongs in the next Public Finance Top 50
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28 Sep 15
The United Nations’ 193 member states have signed off the next set of global development goals, which aim to end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.
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28 Sep 15
Money spent by the European Union on programmes to eliminate torture and the death penalty throughout the world are not well targeted and have limited scope because funding is thinly spread, the...
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25 Sep 15
The German government is to pay each federal state €670 a month for each refugee in their area under a deal confirmed on Thursday.
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25 Sep 15
Advanced economies need to take urgent action to reform their health systems in order to address “unsustainable” costs, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
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25 Sep 15
“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.
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24 Sep 15
The UK has pledged a further £115m in emergency funding in response to the migration crisis in Europe, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.
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22 Sep 15
The new Sustainable Development Goals set out to end poverty, boost growth and tackle climate change across the globe over the next 15 years. It’s a massive a challenge that will require a new...
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22 Sep 15
OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria today told European leaders to step up the continent’s response to the refugee crisis in order to make sure countries emerge stronger economically, socially...
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18 Sep 15
The World Health Organisation is calling on leaders and international donors to triple funding for malaria to $8.7bn by 2030 in order to save the 3 billion people still at risk.
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16 Sep 15
A shift in policy is needed to offset the slowdown in global growth, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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14 Sep 15
Ian Carruthers, executive director for policy and standards at CIPFA, has been appointed chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board.
7 Oct 15The vast humanitarian crisis unfolding on the EU’s doorstep highlights the importance of scrutinising international aid spending much more closely
7 Oct 15Cities power the world economy. They have become the engines of growth. This once seemed the ultimate urban cliché. Now it has the ring of truth.
7 Oct 15Read the Autumn 2015 edition of PFI Magazine, featuring interviews with the World Bank’s Arumna Oteh and newly appointed IPSASB chair Ian Carruthers, plus a cover feature examining the finances of...
6 Oct 15Read the Autumn 2015 edition of PFI Magazine, featuring interviews with the World Bank’s Arunma Oteh and newly appointed IPSASB chair Ian Carruthers, plus a cover feature examining the finances of...
6 Oct 15Less than 10% of the world’s population will be living in extreme poverty this year, the World Bank has said, but there is still “great concern” about the number concentrated in sub...
5 Oct 15The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has overhauled the international rules governing the taxation of company profits. These revised rules are expected to be adopted by leaders...
5 Oct 15There is a need for a framework for more consistent financial reporting for not-for-profit organisations working across the globe.
2 Oct 15Governments and public sector leaders need to starting viewing digital security as an economic threat rather than a technical issue, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has...
1 Oct 15Arunma Oteh, new vice president and treasurer at the World Bank, talks exclusively to PFI about thinking big on global development goals, ending poverty and her ambitions for the job
1 Oct 15Global growth will be “disappointing and uneven” in 2015, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned as she urged governments worldwide to upgrade their fiscal policies....
30 Sep 15Ian Carruthers takes the helm at the Toronto-based IPSASB in the new year. He’s got big plans for raising public financial management standards worldwide
29 Sep 15British international development secretary Justine Greening has announced that £16m of UK aid money will go to the World Bank Trust Fund for capacity building in the area of data collection...
29 Sep 15The US and China have struck a co-operation deal on development issues.
28 Sep 15Nominations are open - it’s time to tell us who belongs in the next Public Finance Top 50
28 Sep 15The United Nations’ 193 member states have signed off the next set of global development goals, which aim to end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.
28 Sep 15Money spent by the European Union on programmes to eliminate torture and the death penalty throughout the world are not well targeted and have limited scope because funding is thinly spread, the...
25 Sep 15The German government is to pay each federal state €670 a month for each refugee in their area under a deal confirmed on Thursday.
25 Sep 15Advanced economies need to take urgent action to reform their health systems in order to address “unsustainable” costs, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
25 Sep 15“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.
18 Sep 15The World Health Organisation is calling on leaders and international donors to triple funding for malaria to $8.7bn by 2030 in order to save the 3 billion people still at risk.
14 Sep 15Ian Carruthers, executive director for policy and standards at CIPFA, has been appointed chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board.
