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9 Oct 15
Martin Dlamini, Swaziland's Minister of Finance and a speaker at the 2015 MEFMI Forum in Lima, Peru, comments on the financial management challenges faced by developing nations in using the...
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8 Oct 15
Ghana has become the 50th member and ninth African country to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Centre.
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7 Oct 15
Cities power the world economy. They have become the engines of growth. This once seemed the ultimate urban cliché. Now it has the ring of truth.
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7 Oct 15
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa must respond to demands for better living standards by taxing natural resources more effectively, an international conference heard this week.
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1 Oct 15
Critics say plans to end South Africa’s energy crisis by spending billions on nuclear power are being hatched in the dark
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1 Oct 15
Global growth will be “disappointing and uneven” in 2015, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned as she urged governments worldwide to upgrade their fiscal policies....
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2 Sep 15
Infrastructure spending in Asia needs to be better-targeted the International Monetary Fund chief warned, as she called for strengthened fiscal policies to boost the region’s growth and...
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28 Aug 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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25 Aug 15
The Chinese government has allowed the country’s main state pension fund to invest in the stock market for the first time as part of efforts to halt the fall in share prices that has led to increased...
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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
China’s surprise move to devalue its yuan is not the start of a currency war or an attempt to jump-start economic growth, “it is more structural reform”, Standard & Poor’s...
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22 Jul 15
The BRICS group of emerging economies launched their own development bank in Shanghai yesterday to boost funding for infrastructure and development across the five countries.
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
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1 Jul 15
China is to work with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to improve macroeconomic management, deliver structural reforms and strengthen governance.
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29 Jun 15
South Africa’s chronic power outages are threatening the country’s productivity, economic performance and competitiveness
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25 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
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25 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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25 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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3 Jun 15
Foreign direct investment into Africa surged last year, creating 188,400 new jobs across the continent as projects signed the previous year became operational, EY’s annual survey has found.
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1 Jun 15
Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
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20 May 15
Ukraine’s economy is expected to shrink to 7.5% this year, following a 6.8% contraction in 2014 as a result of the conflict in the country and the Russian annexation of Crimea, the World Bank...
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20 May 15
Belarus’s economy is expected to shrink by 3.5% this year and by 1% in 2016, because of weak demand among its trading partners and low oil prices, the World Bank said.
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19 May 15
The Brazilian economy is expected to contract this year because of squeezed public spending and a cut in investment from state-owned oil company Petrobras, the International Monetary Fund said.
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12 May 15
Social media highlights of the morning plenaries on the first full day of the Africa Congress of Accountants 2015 in Mauritius.
9 Oct 15Martin Dlamini, Swaziland's Minister of Finance and a speaker at the 2015 MEFMI Forum in Lima, Peru, comments on the financial management challenges faced by developing nations in using the...
8 Oct 15Ghana has become the 50th member and ninth African country to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Centre.
7 Oct 15Cities power the world economy. They have become the engines of growth. This once seemed the ultimate urban cliché. Now it has the ring of truth.
7 Oct 15Countries in sub-Saharan Africa must respond to demands for better living standards by taxing natural resources more effectively, an international conference heard this week.
1 Oct 15Critics say plans to end South Africa’s energy crisis by spending billions on nuclear power are being hatched in the dark
1 Oct 15Global growth will be “disappointing and uneven” in 2015, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned as she urged governments worldwide to upgrade their fiscal policies....
28 Aug 15A round-up of public finance news stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
25 Aug 15The Chinese government has allowed the country’s main state pension fund to invest in the stock market for the first time as part of efforts to halt the fall in share prices that has led to increased...
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 15China’s surprise move to devalue its yuan is not the start of a currency war or an attempt to jump-start economic growth, “it is more structural reform”, Standard & Poor’s...
17 Jul 15A round-up of public finance news stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
1 Jul 15China is to work with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to improve macroeconomic management, deliver structural reforms and strengthen governance.
29 Jun 15South Africa’s chronic power outages are threatening the country’s productivity, economic performance and competitiveness
25 Jun 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
3 Jun 15Foreign direct investment into Africa surged last year, creating 188,400 new jobs across the continent as projects signed the previous year became operational, EY’s annual survey has found.
1 Jun 15Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
12 May 15Social media highlights of the morning plenaries on the first full day of the Africa Congress of Accountants 2015 in Mauritius.
