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24 Aug 21
Monetary policymakers are taking the idea of digital cash seriously, with potentially big implications for public money managers.
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16 Aug 21
Lebanese leaders are growing increasingly tense after its central bank decided to end fuel subsidies, raising prices amid an economic crisis already pushing many people into poverty.
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10 Aug 21
Finance ministers have been urged to take note of a stark new report showing the world is running out of time to limit global warming, and shift their focus towards cutting emissions to zero.
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29 Jul 21
US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government’s $600bn of procurement spending each year in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing.
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23 Jul 21
Sustainability considerations are becoming increasingly important for government investors, taking their place alongside traditional priorities such as return and stability, a report has found.
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13 Jul 21
The need to act fast to save lives is a poor excuse for Covid-19 procurement scandals – better crisis preparation is needed.
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5 Jul 21
Brazil’s supreme court has authorised an investigation into president Jair Bolsonaro’s response to a Covid-19 vaccine procurement deal amid allegations he ignored irregularities in the process.
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30 Jun 21
Officials are critical to driving financial management improvement projects within government because politicians often lose interest, or move to other jobs before they are complete, according to...
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28 Jun 21
Proposed reforms would reduce Indonesia's ‘tax gap’ to levels more in line with other countries, according to the country's finance minister.
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11 Jun 21
A former South African finance minister has slammed Jacob Zuma, president between 2009 and 2018, for leaving the country weaker after working to undermine the power of the country's finance...
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8 Jun 21
Criticisms of ‘mutant’ algorithms might help get politicians off the hook but they do little to help public understanding of a potentially useful policy tool.
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24 May 21
Peru’s credit outlook has been revised down to negative because of a polarised and fractured political system, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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14 May 21
Finance ministries need to be at the forefront of the coordinated approach that governments need to take to deal with environmental challenges, a study has found.
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12 May 21
The widespread nature of the 'informal economy' in developing countries leaves governments with fewer resources with which to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, a World Bank study has found.
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7 May 21
Turkey’s central bank has kept its benchmark rate constant at 19% for a second time since the country’s president sacked the governor who raised the rate to that level.
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7 May 21
Qatar’s finance minister has been arrested amid allegations of misuse of public funds.
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30 Mar 21
Pakistan’s finance minister has been removed as part of prime minister Imran Khan’s drive to reduce inflation, according to the information minister.
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23 Mar 21
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unexpectedly fired the governor of Turkey’s central bank just three months into his term.
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4 Mar 21
Political influence over national development banks harms their financial performance and encourages them to take too many risks, researchers have found.
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2 Mar 21
Working backwards from plausible visions of the future can help public sector finance directors navigate uncertain times. Dr Trudi Lang and Rafael Ramirez from the University of Oxford’s Saïd...
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25 Feb 21
House prices will now be taken into account when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand makes monetary policy decisions, after the government adjusted its remit.
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22 Jan 21
The climate credentials of the European Investment Bank, the EU financing arm, have been questioned by campaigners who say it has more to do to meet its green ambitions.
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11 Dec 20
A €1.8trn financial package intended to see the European Union through the pandemic-related economic crisis has been ‘unblocked’, after a compromise was reached with Poland and Hungary, which had...
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4 Dec 20
Reforms hoped to bring Lebanon back from a state of “bankruptcy” have been presented at a conference organised by the United Nations and French president Emmanuel Macron.
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4 Dec 20
Claire Schouten and Vivek Ramkumar from the International Budget Partnership give examples of how cooperation between spending watchdogs and civil society have brought benefits for people.
24 Aug 21Monetary policymakers are taking the idea of digital cash seriously, with potentially big implications for public money managers.
16 Aug 21Lebanese leaders are growing increasingly tense after its central bank decided to end fuel subsidies, raising prices amid an economic crisis already pushing many people into poverty.
10 Aug 21Finance ministers have been urged to take note of a stark new report showing the world is running out of time to limit global warming, and shift their focus towards cutting emissions to zero.
29 Jul 21US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government’s $600bn of procurement spending each year in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing.
23 Jul 21Sustainability considerations are becoming increasingly important for government investors, taking their place alongside traditional priorities such as return and stability, a report has found.
13 Jul 21The need to act fast to save lives is a poor excuse for Covid-19 procurement scandals – better crisis preparation is needed.
5 Jul 21Brazil’s supreme court has authorised an investigation into president Jair Bolsonaro’s response to a Covid-19 vaccine procurement deal amid allegations he ignored irregularities in the process.
30 Jun 21Officials are critical to driving financial management improvement projects within government because politicians often lose interest, or move to other jobs before they are complete, according to...
28 Jun 21Proposed reforms would reduce Indonesia's ‘tax gap’ to levels more in line with other countries, according to the country's finance minister.
11 Jun 21A former South African finance minister has slammed Jacob Zuma, president between 2009 and 2018, for leaving the country weaker after working to undermine the power of the country's finance...
8 Jun 21Criticisms of ‘mutant’ algorithms might help get politicians off the hook but they do little to help public understanding of a potentially useful policy tool.
24 May 21Peru’s credit outlook has been revised down to negative because of a polarised and fractured political system, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
14 May 21Finance ministries need to be at the forefront of the coordinated approach that governments need to take to deal with environmental challenges, a study has found.
12 May 21The widespread nature of the 'informal economy' in developing countries leaves governments with fewer resources with which to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, a World Bank study has found.
7 May 21Turkey’s central bank has kept its benchmark rate constant at 19% for a second time since the country’s president sacked the governor who raised the rate to that level.
7 May 21Qatar’s finance minister has been arrested amid allegations of misuse of public funds.
30 Mar 21Pakistan’s finance minister has been removed as part of prime minister Imran Khan’s drive to reduce inflation, according to the information minister.
23 Mar 21President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unexpectedly fired the governor of Turkey’s central bank just three months into his term.
4 Mar 21Political influence over national development banks harms their financial performance and encourages them to take too many risks, researchers have found.
2 Mar 21Working backwards from plausible visions of the future can help public sector finance directors navigate uncertain times. Dr Trudi Lang and Rafael Ramirez from the University of Oxford’s Saïd...
25 Feb 21House prices will now be taken into account when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand makes monetary policy decisions, after the government adjusted its remit.
11 Dec 20A €1.8trn financial package intended to see the European Union through the pandemic-related economic crisis has been ‘unblocked’, after a compromise was reached with Poland and Hungary, which had...
4 Dec 20Claire Schouten and Vivek Ramkumar from the International Budget Partnership give examples of how cooperation between spending watchdogs and civil society have brought benefits for people.
