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22 Sep 15
Rachid Benmessaoud, a former World Bank country director for Pakistan, has been appointed by the bank to support Nigeria’s development priorities, including education and public spending.
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21 Sep 15
The UK government has announced an agreement to supply resources and expertise to the UN’s refugee agency to speed up resettlement of Syrian refugees.
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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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18 Sep 15
The World Bank and the Swiss Embassy have signed a $9m trust fund agreement to improve public financial management and other institutional capabilities in South African cities.
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16 Sep 15
The UK aid department has said Kenya should “put us out of a job as a development partner” once it reaches economic sustainability.
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14 Sep 15
Lebanon is to receive £29m of the extra £100m pledged in UK aid for Syria and surrounding countries announced by UK Prime Minister David Cameron earlier this month.
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11 Sep 15
The World Bank is funding a $50m programme for Kenya’s statistics bureau to help it improve the quality of the data it produces to support policymaking.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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8 Sep 15
Belgium has been urged to reverse a decline in the size of its international aid budget.
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7 Sep 15
Public financial management in Zambia is both fragmented and outdated, and fails to capture internationally accepted best practice, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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7 Sep 15
Africa needs to embrace open data as part of the development agenda, Tanzania’s president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has said in a speech at the continent’s first conference on the issue.
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4 Sep 15
Kuwait’s significant fiscal buffer protected its economy from the fall in oil prices and has allowed the government to press ahead with increasing public spending, according to an analysis by...
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4 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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4 Sep 15
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has made a powerful plea to the international community to protect migrant and refugee children from what is being called one of the biggest...
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2 Sep 15
Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years if the current economic trends continue, a critical United Nations report has warned.
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26 Aug 15
Angola’s economy survived the recent slump in oil prices thanks to a healthy level of international reserves, but greater economic diversification is needed to protect against future shocks, the...
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25 Aug 15
Trade barriers, conflict and a lack of transparency are inhibiting growth in Africa, an expert symposium heard.
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21 Aug 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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20 Aug 15
CIPFA and the Botho University in Botswana have launched a public financial management training qualification for accountancy students studying in the southern African country.
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20 Aug 15
The UK government has committed £3m in new funding to help the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reopen schools for half a million Palestinian children in time for the new academic year.
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18 Aug 15
The United Nations Development Programme has started a year-long project to reintegrate volunteers who have been helping to fight the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone back into the country’s...
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14 Aug 15
Nigeria is to start to implement international public sector accounting standards (IPSAS) in January 2016, according to the country's accountant-general Ahmed Idris.
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12 Aug 15
Outgoing African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has visited Nigeria to reinforce the bank’s continued support for economic projects in the country.
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12 Aug 15
The lifting of economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for guarantees that the country will not develop nuclear weapons will, if managed well, lower oil prices and expand the economy, the World Bank...
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11 Aug 15
Togo’s economy will grow by 5.5% on average each year between 2015 and 2018, but attaining this will be a challenge if the country fails to implement “simple” reforms that modernise...
22 Sep 15Rachid Benmessaoud, a former World Bank country director for Pakistan, has been appointed by the bank to support Nigeria’s development priorities, including education and public spending.
21 Sep 15The UK government has announced an agreement to supply resources and expertise to the UN’s refugee agency to speed up resettlement of Syrian refugees.
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.
18 Sep 15The World Bank and the Swiss Embassy have signed a $9m trust fund agreement to improve public financial management and other institutional capabilities in South African cities.
16 Sep 15The UK aid department has said Kenya should “put us out of a job as a development partner” once it reaches economic sustainability.
11 Sep 15A round-up of public finance news stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
8 Sep 15Belgium has been urged to reverse a decline in the size of its international aid budget.
7 Sep 15Public financial management in Zambia is both fragmented and outdated, and fails to capture internationally accepted best practice, the International Monetary Fund has said.
7 Sep 15Africa needs to embrace open data as part of the development agenda, Tanzania’s president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has said in a speech at the continent’s first conference on the issue.
4 Sep 15Kuwait’s significant fiscal buffer protected its economy from the fall in oil prices and has allowed the government to press ahead with increasing public spending, according to an analysis by...
2 Sep 15Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years if the current economic trends continue, a critical United Nations report has warned.
26 Aug 15Angola’s economy survived the recent slump in oil prices thanks to a healthy level of international reserves, but greater economic diversification is needed to protect against future shocks, the...
25 Aug 15Trade barriers, conflict and a lack of transparency are inhibiting growth in Africa, an expert symposium heard.
20 Aug 15CIPFA and the Botho University in Botswana have launched a public financial management training qualification for accountancy students studying in the southern African country.
20 Aug 15The UK government has committed £3m in new funding to help the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reopen schools for half a million Palestinian children in time for the new academic year.
18 Aug 15The United Nations Development Programme has started a year-long project to reintegrate volunteers who have been helping to fight the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone back into the country’s...
14 Aug 15Nigeria is to start to implement international public sector accounting standards (IPSAS) in January 2016, according to the country's accountant-general Ahmed Idris.
12 Aug 15Outgoing African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has visited Nigeria to reinforce the bank’s continued support for economic projects in the country.
12 Aug 15The lifting of economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for guarantees that the country will not develop nuclear weapons will, if managed well, lower oil prices and expand the economy, the World Bank...
