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25 Jan 17
Growing levels of public sector corruption around the world have fuelled the rise of populist politicians, Transparency International said as it released its 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index.
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24 Jan 17
Supreme Audit Institutions have to earn the rights to hold others to account by being visibly accountable themselves
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8 Dec 16
The European Union’s support for improved financial management and governance in Ukraine has been only partially effective, and the limited results achieved so far remain “fragile”, the bloc’s...
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6 Dec 16
Audit institutions and governments need to make audit reports on public spending more accessible to civil society organisations, the International Budget Partnership has found.
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25 Nov 16
Performance and accountability institutions should lead by example and push for transformation in challenging times, former US comptroller general David Walker has told the CIPFA international...
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23 Nov 16
The UK’s aid department is under fire for “astounding” plans to channel billions of pounds more through its controversial private sector arm, which regularly routes funds through tax havens.
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21 Nov 16
Debt-laden Puerto Rico has been advised on what is set to be the biggest debt restructuring in the municipal bond market, and told it will no longer be able to rely on the US for support.
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18 Nov 16
The European Central Bank has blocked a full audit of its system to supervise banks across the European Union, the bloc’s court of auditors has said.
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11 Nov 16
CIPFA has signed two Memorandums of Understanding to secure partnerships with other organisations that can help support stronger public financial management around the world.
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8 Nov 16
Governments need to adopt international accounting standards so citizens know what they are getting for their tax payments. And auditors need to be able to tell it like it is and provide a longer-...
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4 Nov 16
Global organisations such as the International Federation of Accountants play a crucial role in the development of rules and standards and policy coordination around the world, the OECD has said.
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4 Nov 16
New laws currently under consideration in the UK could eliminate the country's role in global corruption as a hotbed of ill-gotten cash and assets, experts have told PF International.
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3 Nov 16
Developed countries are overstating the amount of climate finance they channel to poorer nations by at least $20bn, Oxfam has claimed.
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2 Nov 16
Ukrainian MPs have passed on an opportunity to double their wages as an already hostile public still reels from the astonishing scale of wealth declared by public officials as part of a transparency...
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26 Oct 16
South Africa’s National Treasury has launched the Municipal Money open local government budget data website.
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19 Oct 16
Private companies that become involved in development and aid programmes need to be made accountable to wider society and not just to their shareholders, Malawi’s finance minister has said.
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7 Oct 16
United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to eliminate tax secrecy and offshore tax evasion after a fresh tax leak named the directors of several secretive firms in the Bahamas.
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5 Oct 16
The speed with which anti-corruption laws are being implemented in Afghanistan must be increased in order to safeguard aid from the international community and alleviate the suffering of citizens, a...
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4 Oct 16
Governance in Africa has barely improved in the last decade as worrying declines in safety and the rule of law hold back progress, according to the authoritative Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
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3 Oct 16
The World Bank’s private sector lending arm is profiting from projects linked to human rights and environmental abuses, according to a report from Oxfam.
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28 Sep 16
The European Commission has called for a mandatory lobbying register covering all three European Union institutions – the commission, the parliament and the council.
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28 Sep 16
The silent giant of the EU’s economy, the European Investment Bank, needs to be less secretive, more accountable and firmer about corruption
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23 Sep 16
A lack of global accountability causes poor performance in any organisation. Sports bodies provide graphic examples – but they are not entirely at fault
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23 Sep 16
The European Commission is to publish a draft law setting out EU-wide rules on how companies calculate their tax dues, according to the bloc’s most senior tax official.
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22 Sep 16
Politicians, royalty and convicted criminals are among those named as directors of 175,000 secretive companies registered in the Bahamas, according to another cache of leaked documents published...