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19 May 16
Latvia has made “remarkable” progress in education over the last two decades, but it needs to review governance and funding arrangements to ensure a more equitable system, the OECD has said.
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19 May 16
Ukraine has secured initial approval for the release of $1.7bn worth of long-awaited bailout funds from the International Monetary Fund in July.
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18 May 16
Digital payments to emergency workers saved time and more than $10m in costs during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, a United Nations-backed initiative has found.
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13 May 16
Several humanitarian aid operations funded by the US development agency to deliver aid to Syrians have been halted, following reports of corruption, the agency has announced.
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13 May 16
Yesterday’s Anti-Corruption Summit saw world leaders vow to double down on what UK prime minister David Cameron dubbed the “cancer” of corruption – however only a handful of countries announced firm...
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12 May 16
Campaigners are today challenging the investment of public funds in a poultry farming giant, which they say is causing environmental damage to rural communities in Ukraine.
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12 May 16
Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
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12 May 16
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has called for the return of billions of dollars which he said has been stolen from Nigeria and routed through the UK.
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11 May 16
Panama has agreed to share its financial account information automatically in order to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
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10 May 16
CIPFA is to help strengthen the capacity of public sector accountancy in Zimbabwe, it was announced yesterday.
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10 May 16
British MPs have weighed into a row over the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, due to be held in Istanbul later this month, stressing that defending International Humanitarian Law (IHL) should be...
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9 May 16
Public entities in Commonwealth countries could have to prove they are meeting anti-corruption standards before they can access aid and loans, according to proposals drawn up by secretary general...
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9 May 16
More than 300 leading economists have told world leaders that there is no economic justification for the existence of tax havens and urged them to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding them.
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6 May 16
The US government has announced a host of new measures to crack down on secretive companies after the Panama Papers unveiled the scale of tax evasion worldwide.
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4 May 16
The World Bank has warned Mozambique that high levels of fiscal risk are threatening its economy and called for greater risk assessment and transparency.
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3 May 16
Nearly one in three public service users in the Middle East and North Africa had to pay a bribe to access basic services in the last year, Transparency International has found.
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29 Apr 16
The United Kingdom has suspended all financial aid to Mozambique following a “serious breach of trust” relating to more than $1bn worth of undisclosed debts.
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26 Apr 16
Chile is missing out on potential economic growth and social wellbeing as a result of weak regulation, the OECD has warned.
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25 Apr 16
Mozambique’s government has come clean about $1bn worth of borrowing it hid from the International Monetary Fund.
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25 Apr 16
Over twenty more nations will share details on the true owners of secretive companies after joining up to the anti-tax evasion initiative headed by Europe’s five largest economies.
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22 Apr 16
A new local government institute is to help build the public financial management capacity of local authorities in Rwanda.
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21 Apr 16
Bermuda has become the latest nation to adopt the OECD’s tax transparency agreement, under which detailed reports on multinational companies’ operations are shared between tax administrations.
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20 Apr 16
Civil society and transparency campaigners in Nigeria have hit out against a government plan that they say will weaken anti-corruption provisions.
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19 Apr 16
The European Commission is not strict enough in enforcing rules intended to keep the bloc’s public finances in order, the European Court of Auditors has found.
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15 Apr 16
Spain’s industry, energy and tourism minister resigned this morning after his alleged links to an offshore company were exposed in the Panama Papers.
19 May 16Latvia has made “remarkable” progress in education over the last two decades, but it needs to review governance and funding arrangements to ensure a more equitable system, the OECD has said.
19 May 16Ukraine has secured initial approval for the release of $1.7bn worth of long-awaited bailout funds from the International Monetary Fund in July.
18 May 16Digital payments to emergency workers saved time and more than $10m in costs during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, a United Nations-backed initiative has found.
13 May 16Several humanitarian aid operations funded by the US development agency to deliver aid to Syrians have been halted, following reports of corruption, the agency has announced.
13 May 16Yesterday’s Anti-Corruption Summit saw world leaders vow to double down on what UK prime minister David Cameron dubbed the “cancer” of corruption – however only a handful of countries announced firm...
12 May 16Campaigners are today challenging the investment of public funds in a poultry farming giant, which they say is causing environmental damage to rural communities in Ukraine.
12 May 16Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
12 May 16Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has called for the return of billions of dollars which he said has been stolen from Nigeria and routed through the UK.
11 May 16Panama has agreed to share its financial account information automatically in order to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
10 May 16CIPFA is to help strengthen the capacity of public sector accountancy in Zimbabwe, it was announced yesterday.
10 May 16British MPs have weighed into a row over the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, due to be held in Istanbul later this month, stressing that defending International Humanitarian Law (IHL) should be...
9 May 16Public entities in Commonwealth countries could have to prove they are meeting anti-corruption standards before they can access aid and loans, according to proposals drawn up by secretary general...
6 May 16The US government has announced a host of new measures to crack down on secretive companies after the Panama Papers unveiled the scale of tax evasion worldwide.
4 May 16The World Bank has warned Mozambique that high levels of fiscal risk are threatening its economy and called for greater risk assessment and transparency.
3 May 16Nearly one in three public service users in the Middle East and North Africa had to pay a bribe to access basic services in the last year, Transparency International has found.
26 Apr 16Chile is missing out on potential economic growth and social wellbeing as a result of weak regulation, the OECD has warned.
25 Apr 16Over twenty more nations will share details on the true owners of secretive companies after joining up to the anti-tax evasion initiative headed by Europe’s five largest economies.
22 Apr 16A new local government institute is to help build the public financial management capacity of local authorities in Rwanda.
21 Apr 16Bermuda has become the latest nation to adopt the OECD’s tax transparency agreement, under which detailed reports on multinational companies’ operations are shared between tax administrations.
20 Apr 16Civil society and transparency campaigners in Nigeria have hit out against a government plan that they say will weaken anti-corruption provisions.
19 Apr 16The European Commission is not strict enough in enforcing rules intended to keep the bloc’s public finances in order, the European Court of Auditors has found.
15 Apr 16Spain’s industry, energy and tourism minister resigned this morning after his alleged links to an offshore company were exposed in the Panama Papers.
