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7 Feb 18
The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
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5 Feb 18
Liberia and the World Bank have signed a $24.67m grant agreement to boost economic transformation and governance in the west African country.
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2 Feb 18
South African president Jacob Zuma has asked prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him, the state prosecutor said on Thursday.
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30 Jan 18
Efforts to make budgets more transparent have stalled for the first time in a decade, a survey by the International Budget Partnership has found.
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4 Dec 17
The expansion of the middle-class changes the game for policymakers in emerging economies: ignore them at your peril, says Angel Melguizo of the OECD Development Centre.
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30 Nov 17
Development objectives need to come first in the EU’s new External Investment Plan and be backed by high levels of transparency, says Xavier Sol of Counter Balance.
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31 Oct 17
Public financial management had to start effectively from scratch following years of conflict in Afghanistan. The country, which still relies heavily on foreign aid, had to stamp out waste and...
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27 Sep 17
Problems at a mine have highlighted issues with the European Investment Bank’s accountability – and this is set to be weakened further
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26 Sep 17
In political turmoil and with an impoverished economy, Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people since 2000 and faced heavy sanctions from the EU and US. CIPFA fellow David Watkins led an...
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19 Sep 17
The US’s 22% contribution to the United Nations’ budget is “unfair”, president Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly today.
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19 Sep 17
New methodologies are needed to quantify and analyse the problem of corruption across the world, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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25 Aug 17
Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has received recommendations from the country’s budget committee aimed at improving the draft bill on accountability of the state budget.
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4 Aug 17
The International Monetary Fund will seek a more systematic engagement with member states on governance and corruption, but has rejected the idea of ranking them based on their degree of corruption.
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28 Jul 17
Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been declared unfit for office and ousted from power by the country’s Supreme Court following a corruption probe.
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25 Jul 17
The US Department of Defense must improve the reliability of its cost savings estimates, auditors have warned.
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18 Jul 17
The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
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7 Jul 17
Canada has the world’s most effective civil service, an international survey has found.
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28 Jun 17
Ethiopia and the World Bank have agreed a new five-year partnership to build on the considerable development gains achieved over the past decade and boost institutional accountability.
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27 Jun 17
As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
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23 Jun 17
The UK’s aid watchdog has said the country’s £185m in support for Somalia last year delivered “significant achievements”.
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23 Jun 17
Information technology is set to amplify the evidence base used for approaches like results-based budgeting to an unprecedented degree, EY’s global public financial management leader has told...
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19 Jun 17
The International Federation of Accountants has reiterated its call for better governance and public financial management to make it on to the G20’s agenda.
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
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2 May 17
The fourth African Congress of Accountants (ACOA) opened in Kampala, Uganda today, with a focus on transforming Africa’s economies through improved accountancy and accountability.
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25 Apr 17
The development impact of money channelled through UK Aid’s controversial private equity arm is still unclear, the country’s Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
7 Feb 18The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
5 Feb 18Liberia and the World Bank have signed a $24.67m grant agreement to boost economic transformation and governance in the west African country.
2 Feb 18South African president Jacob Zuma has asked prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him, the state prosecutor said on Thursday.
30 Jan 18Efforts to make budgets more transparent have stalled for the first time in a decade, a survey by the International Budget Partnership has found.
4 Dec 17The expansion of the middle-class changes the game for policymakers in emerging economies: ignore them at your peril, says Angel Melguizo of the OECD Development Centre.
30 Nov 17Development objectives need to come first in the EU’s new External Investment Plan and be backed by high levels of transparency, says Xavier Sol of Counter Balance.
31 Oct 17Public financial management had to start effectively from scratch following years of conflict in Afghanistan. The country, which still relies heavily on foreign aid, had to stamp out waste and...
27 Sep 17Problems at a mine have highlighted issues with the European Investment Bank’s accountability – and this is set to be weakened further
26 Sep 17In political turmoil and with an impoverished economy, Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people since 2000 and faced heavy sanctions from the EU and US. CIPFA fellow David Watkins led an...
19 Sep 17The US’s 22% contribution to the United Nations’ budget is “unfair”, president Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly today.
19 Sep 17New methodologies are needed to quantify and analyse the problem of corruption across the world, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
25 Aug 17Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has received recommendations from the country’s budget committee aimed at improving the draft bill on accountability of the state budget.
4 Aug 17The International Monetary Fund will seek a more systematic engagement with member states on governance and corruption, but has rejected the idea of ranking them based on their degree of corruption.
28 Jul 17Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been declared unfit for office and ousted from power by the country’s Supreme Court following a corruption probe.
25 Jul 17The US Department of Defense must improve the reliability of its cost savings estimates, auditors have warned.
18 Jul 17The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
7 Jul 17Canada has the world’s most effective civil service, an international survey has found.
28 Jun 17Ethiopia and the World Bank have agreed a new five-year partnership to build on the considerable development gains achieved over the past decade and boost institutional accountability.
27 Jun 17As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
23 Jun 17The UK’s aid watchdog has said the country’s £185m in support for Somalia last year delivered “significant achievements”.
23 Jun 17Information technology is set to amplify the evidence base used for approaches like results-based budgeting to an unprecedented degree, EY’s global public financial management leader has told...
19 Jun 17The International Federation of Accountants has reiterated its call for better governance and public financial management to make it on to the G20’s agenda.
14 Jun 17The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
2 May 17The fourth African Congress of Accountants (ACOA) opened in Kampala, Uganda today, with a focus on transforming Africa’s economies through improved accountancy and accountability.
