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25 Jul 16
The world’s biggest economies have vowed to use all available tools to subdue the impact of Britain’s exit from the European Union and growing economic nationalism.
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16 May 16
Soaring demand for materials from developing and emerging countries means global resource consumption could double by 2050, the OECD has warned.
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14 Mar 16
Reforms that will allow Asia to capitalise on its economic success are vital to the global economy, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.
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5 Feb 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has called for a “new multilateralism” and partnership between the world’s increasingly interdependent emerging and advanced economies...
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21 Jan 16
Foreign direct investment into industrialised nations pushed global FDI to an eight-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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19 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its outlook for the global economy by 0.2% on projections it made in October citing intensifying risks and detrimental trends in the world’s...
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7 Dec 15
Companies caught cheating on their tax bill in Australia will have to repay double what they owe plus interest under news laws to prevent tax avoidance by multinational companies.
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27 Nov 15
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a suite of corporate tax reforms that will ensure multinational companies pay taxes where profits are made and increase transparency.
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25 Nov 15
Eight out of ten Europeans think there should be a legal clampdown on tax havens, a pan-European poll commissioned by 24 NGOs has found.
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20 Nov 15
The governments of Malta and the Caribbean island of Caraçao have signed a treaty, which both sides say will prevent tax evasion and the double taxation of companies operating in both jurisdictions.
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17 Nov 15
Leaders of the world’s major economies have agreed to co-operate to face down the global terrorist threat, including how it is financed.
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16 Nov 15
The OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) reforms do not go far enough in changing the international corporate tax system, G20 leaders have been told.
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3 Nov 15
Countries that have seen large increases in high-skilled migration could be missing out on the benefits as workers’ capacities are underutilised, the OECD and France’s development agency have said.
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22 Oct 15
The Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) is holding its 19th conference in Seoul, South Korea, from 27 to 29 October. Conference chair In-Ki Joo, shares his ambitions for the event...
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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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23 Jul 15
Making sense of a world in motion
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10 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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14 May 15
Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
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12 May 15
Terence Nombembe, SAICA chief executive and board member of PAFA, talks to PF International about public sector accounting in Africa at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Lee Burns, honorary professor of taxation law at the University of Sydney, talks to PF International about Africa's taxation challenges.
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12 May 15
Rotimi Otomoso, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria talks to Public Finance International about what PAOs should do to be successful.
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12 May 15
Brian Blood of CAPA talks about the organisation's maturity model at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Renaud Seligmann, Practice Manager, Public Resources Mobilization and Management Unit, World Bank talks to Public Finance International about the importance of PFM, the effect of the Ebola crisis and...
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11 May 15
The third Africa Congress of Accountants opened in Mauritius today with a plea for better public sector accountancy, from training through to financial monitoring and reporting.