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2 Mar 23
Setting an organisation’s culture affects transparency as well as the way ideas are challenged.
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21 Feb 23
Public disagreement between Israeli politicians and the country’s central bank have led to the finance minister speaking out against “populist” threats to the bank’s independence.
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14 Oct 22
Across the globe, democratic countries are suffering a crisis of trust in government. So does this mark an inexorable drift, or are there signs of hope that governments can turn the tide?
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7 Jun 22
Digital technologies have opened a new front in the war against money laundering.
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31 May 22
Is a hardening of governments’ approaches to money laundering anything more than cosmetic?
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19 May 22
The Nigerian anti-corruption agency has arrested the country’s accountant general during an investigation into fraud and money laundering.
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13 May 22
Canada’s prime minister has defended the independence of the country’s central bank after the leadership frontrunner for the main opposition party promised to fire the bank’s governor if elected.
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11 May 22
Sri Lanka’s central bank governor will resign in two weeks’ time unless political stability can be restored, he told a press conference after the prime minister was forced to quit amid protests.
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28 Apr 22
The Central African Republic has become the second country to make the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender, following El Salvador’s move last year that faced criticism from global institutions.
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28 Apr 22
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party is reportedly looking to sell or close some of its state-owned enterprises after they were “destroyed” by a decade of corruption.
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4 Apr 22
Sri Lanka’s finance minister and central bank governor have resigned amid countrywide demonstrations angry at a deepening economic crisis.
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25 Mar 22
Authorities in Florida are working out how to accept tax payments in cryptocurrency, the governor of the US state has said.
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24 Mar 22
The president of El Salvador has insisted his government will issue a planned bitcoin-backed bond, initially set for last week, after a “short delay”.
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16 Mar 22
Hidden risks threaten public sector balance sheets because of policies introduced in response to the pandemic and its economic impact, a World Bank report has warned.
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4 Mar 22
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine continues to have stark economic and financial consequences that are being felt around the world.
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2 Mar 22
A Court of Justice Decision to allow the European Union to withhold money from countries that fail to meet democratic standards has been named as a threat to Hungary and Poland.
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22 Feb 22
Governance structures are key to the success of commercial ventures set up by local governments around the world.
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17 Feb 22
A Polish and Hungarian legal challenge against the European Union has failed, allowing the bloc to withhold billions of euros of funding if member countries fail to meet democratic standards.
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7 Feb 22
Poland has started to row back on some of its actions that have angered the European Commission and held up billions of euros of Covid-19 recovery funds.
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4 Feb 22
The re-election of Sergio Mattarella as Italian president has been tipped by a ratings agency to help keep the country stable and increase the chances of unlocking EU Covid-19 recovery funding.
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3 Feb 22
El Salvador has rejected calls by the IMF to halt plans to use Bitcoin as legal tender.
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25 Jan 22
Lebanon’s elite have caused “long-lasting scars” on the country’s economy by causing a protracted political and economic crisis, according to a highly critical World Bank report.
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20 Dec 21
The International Monetary Fund office in Brazil will close next year after the country’s finance minister criticised the fund for making “wrong predictions” about the economy.
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20 Dec 21
Poor public finance management systems hinder growth in African countries and risk causing governments electoral troubles – or even violent unrest – in the near future, an academic has warned.
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13 Dec 21
Poland’s justice minister has said the government could halt contributions to the European Union budget if officials in Brussels cut funding for Warsaw amid a battle over the rule of law.
2 Mar 23Setting an organisation’s culture affects transparency as well as the way ideas are challenged.
21 Feb 23Public disagreement between Israeli politicians and the country’s central bank have led to the finance minister speaking out against “populist” threats to the bank’s independence.
14 Oct 22Across the globe, democratic countries are suffering a crisis of trust in government. So does this mark an inexorable drift, or are there signs of hope that governments can turn the tide?
7 Jun 22Digital technologies have opened a new front in the war against money laundering.
31 May 22Is a hardening of governments’ approaches to money laundering anything more than cosmetic?
19 May 22The Nigerian anti-corruption agency has arrested the country’s accountant general during an investigation into fraud and money laundering.
13 May 22Canada’s prime minister has defended the independence of the country’s central bank after the leadership frontrunner for the main opposition party promised to fire the bank’s governor if elected.
11 May 22Sri Lanka’s central bank governor will resign in two weeks’ time unless political stability can be restored, he told a press conference after the prime minister was forced to quit amid protests.
28 Apr 22The Central African Republic has become the second country to make the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender, following El Salvador’s move last year that faced criticism from global institutions.
28 Apr 22South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party is reportedly looking to sell or close some of its state-owned enterprises after they were “destroyed” by a decade of corruption.
4 Apr 22Sri Lanka’s finance minister and central bank governor have resigned amid countrywide demonstrations angry at a deepening economic crisis.
25 Mar 22Authorities in Florida are working out how to accept tax payments in cryptocurrency, the governor of the US state has said.
16 Mar 22Hidden risks threaten public sector balance sheets because of policies introduced in response to the pandemic and its economic impact, a World Bank report has warned.
4 Mar 22Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine continues to have stark economic and financial consequences that are being felt around the world.
2 Mar 22A Court of Justice Decision to allow the European Union to withhold money from countries that fail to meet democratic standards has been named as a threat to Hungary and Poland.
22 Feb 22Governance structures are key to the success of commercial ventures set up by local governments around the world.
17 Feb 22A Polish and Hungarian legal challenge against the European Union has failed, allowing the bloc to withhold billions of euros of funding if member countries fail to meet democratic standards.
7 Feb 22Poland has started to row back on some of its actions that have angered the European Commission and held up billions of euros of Covid-19 recovery funds.
4 Feb 22The re-election of Sergio Mattarella as Italian president has been tipped by a ratings agency to help keep the country stable and increase the chances of unlocking EU Covid-19 recovery funding.
25 Jan 22Lebanon’s elite have caused “long-lasting scars” on the country’s economy by causing a protracted political and economic crisis, according to a highly critical World Bank report.
20 Dec 21The International Monetary Fund office in Brazil will close next year after the country’s finance minister criticised the fund for making “wrong predictions” about the economy.
20 Dec 21Poor public finance management systems hinder growth in African countries and risk causing governments electoral troubles – or even violent unrest – in the near future, an academic has warned.
