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20 Jul 15
China has boosted its emerging role as one of the world’s major international aid donors, signing to an agreement with the World Bank to establish a $50m fund to reduce poverty.
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16 Jul 15
The three-day international Financing for Development conference concluded today with participants agreeing on a series of bold measures to improve the financial systems of developing countries to...
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15 Jul 15
Governments across the globe need to improve online privacy and boost IT skills in order to help people transition to new types of digital jobs, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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14 Jul 15
CIPFA members have approved a new governance structure for the institute, which chief executive Rob Whiteman said will help it change and adapt to meet the challenges of an increasingly international...
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14 Jul 15
United Nations international development chief Helen Clark has called for a new framework for aid spending that takes account of global challenges and improves access to finance for developing...
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14 Jul 15
The multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund plan to extend more than $400bn in financing over the next three years in order to meet the new Sustainable Development Goals (...
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14 Jul 15
The United Nations hopes its “Tax Inspectors Without Borders” initiative will combat global tax dodging by helping developing countries strengthen their tax audit capabilities.
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13 Jul 15
This week’s International Conference on Financing for Development will determine the policy for aid spending until 2030. It must ensure improvements in wellbeing are the goal of both international...
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8 Jul 15
A global conference starting on Monday could agree a plan to boost aid to the world’s 48 least-developed countries. It must take the opportunity.
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7 Jul 15
Fayez Choudhury has told delegates at today’s CIPFA International Seminar that accountants have a moral duty to ensure their governments are properly scrutinised.
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7 Jul 15
CIPFA International chair Ian Ball has urged governments across the world to use balance sheets and accrual accounting to improve the transparency of their public finances.
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7 Jul 15
Many developed countries are likely to experience slower growth because they have levels of public sector debt greater than 80% of economic output, a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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3 Jul 15
Children born to foreign parents in rich countries are likely to be jobless or stuck in low-paid work they are overqualified for, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
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29 Jun 15
The huge decline in oil prices has been good for Western economies but will present oil-exporting nations in the Gulf with some significant fiscal challenges.
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26 Jun 15
The International Monetary Fund has urged Jordan to step up its tax administration and public financial management reforms with the help of a $400m loan after finding that its strong performance so...
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23 Jun 15
New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours but the amount of aid it provides lags behind other donors that sit on the OECD’s development assistance committee (...
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17 Jun 15
Better governance and a clamp down on corruption would help policymakers around the world to build a fairer economy that would boost the incomes of the poor and middle class, the head of the...
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16 Jun 15
US First Lady Michelle Obama announced yesterday a $200m plan to educate young girls in developing countries, warning that it was now a “serious public health issue”.
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12 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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9 Jun 15
Integrated reporting in the public sector could improve the planning of public services across changes in governments and assist in the allocation of scarce resources, experts at a groundbreaking...
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8 Jun 15
The leaders of the G7 group of developed countries have reiterated their commitment to reform the international tax system and pledged to come forward with “concrete and feasible...
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1 Jun 15
The Ukraine conflict took a heavier than expected toll on the country's economy in the first quarter of 2015, which is now expected to shrink by 9% this year, the International Monetary Fund has...
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27 May 15
International donors need to better target the aid they provide the world’s poorest countries if new development goals are to succeed, according to anti-poverty campaigners ONE.
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27 May 15
From on-the-ground development in Botswana to the top spot at DFID and now the EBRD, Sir Suma Chakrabarti’s career has been rooted in a passion for deliverable development. Here, he looks back...
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10 Mar 15
The crisis in Ukraine has caused the European Union to bare its teeth and extend the reach of its sanctions policies on Russia. The effect on the EU market has been unprecedented and unpredictable.
20 Jul 15China has boosted its emerging role as one of the world’s major international aid donors, signing to an agreement with the World Bank to establish a $50m fund to reduce poverty.
16 Jul 15The three-day international Financing for Development conference concluded today with participants agreeing on a series of bold measures to improve the financial systems of developing countries to...
15 Jul 15Governments across the globe need to improve online privacy and boost IT skills in order to help people transition to new types of digital jobs, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-...
14 Jul 15CIPFA members have approved a new governance structure for the institute, which chief executive Rob Whiteman said will help it change and adapt to meet the challenges of an increasingly international...
14 Jul 15United Nations international development chief Helen Clark has called for a new framework for aid spending that takes account of global challenges and improves access to finance for developing...
14 Jul 15The multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund plan to extend more than $400bn in financing over the next three years in order to meet the new Sustainable Development Goals (...
14 Jul 15The United Nations hopes its “Tax Inspectors Without Borders” initiative will combat global tax dodging by helping developing countries strengthen their tax audit capabilities.
13 Jul 15This week’s International Conference on Financing for Development will determine the policy for aid spending until 2030. It must ensure improvements in wellbeing are the goal of both international...
8 Jul 15A global conference starting on Monday could agree a plan to boost aid to the world’s 48 least-developed countries. It must take the opportunity.
7 Jul 15Fayez Choudhury has told delegates at today’s CIPFA International Seminar that accountants have a moral duty to ensure their governments are properly scrutinised.
7 Jul 15CIPFA International chair Ian Ball has urged governments across the world to use balance sheets and accrual accounting to improve the transparency of their public finances.
7 Jul 15Many developed countries are likely to experience slower growth because they have levels of public sector debt greater than 80% of economic output, a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-...
3 Jul 15Children born to foreign parents in rich countries are likely to be jobless or stuck in low-paid work they are overqualified for, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
29 Jun 15The huge decline in oil prices has been good for Western economies but will present oil-exporting nations in the Gulf with some significant fiscal challenges.
26 Jun 15The International Monetary Fund has urged Jordan to step up its tax administration and public financial management reforms with the help of a $400m loan after finding that its strong performance so...
1 Jun 15The Ukraine conflict took a heavier than expected toll on the country's economy in the first quarter of 2015, which is now expected to shrink by 9% this year, the International Monetary Fund has...
27 May 15From on-the-ground development in Botswana to the top spot at DFID and now the EBRD, Sir Suma Chakrabarti’s career has been rooted in a passion for deliverable development. Here, he looks back...
10 Mar 15The crisis in Ukraine has caused the European Union to bare its teeth and extend the reach of its sanctions policies on Russia. The effect on the EU market has been unprecedented and unpredictable.
