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19 Dec 17
Austria’s centre-right People’s Party and the anti-immigration Freedom Party have agreed to form a coalition government.
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15 Dec 17
The European Union has suspended funding for Cambodia’s general election next year after the main opposition party dissolved.
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12 Dec 17
Kuwait has replaced its finance, oil and defence ministers in cabinet changes following mass ministerial resignations, state news agency KUNA has said.
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4 Dec 17
Iceland’s Left-Green opposition leader will become the new prime minister as a coalition government is formed.
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24 Nov 17
Digitalisation in government finance is losing the “arms race” as it is years behind its private counterparts, according to a professor from the London School of Economics.
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21 Nov 17
A new legislative assembly in Nunavut has to move quickly to get to grips with issues and fulfil their residents' expectations, says Marcel Holder Robinson.
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9 Nov 17
Accountants from across the globe consider grant misspending to be the top public sector fraud risk, according to research co-released by CIPFA today.
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20 Oct 17
New Zealand’s new Labour-led government has pledged to reject proposed tax cuts and reinvest the money into “core” public services.
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19 Oct 17
Technology is the “way forward” in the fight against corruption in Africa, the president of Mauritius has said.
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19 Oct 17
South Africa’s currency weakened shortly after the president announced on Tuesday another surprise cabinet reshuffle.
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29 Sep 17
A eurozone finance minister and a joint eurozone budget could be features of the European Union under plans being considered by the leaders of France and Germany.
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29 Sep 17
From Barcelona to Hamburg, senior city executives are coming together in Europe’s City Economic and Financial Governance Group to share learning and examine common public finance issues
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28 Sep 17
German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble will be the new president of the Bundestag (Germany’s parliament), according to German media.
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28 Sep 17
Citizen participation has become a political football in Brazil, as austerity turns back its progress. Gavin O'Toole reports.
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25 Sep 17
The role of German finance minister could be key in coalition talks and the future of Europe, an investment institute has said.
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19 Sep 17
The US’s 22% contribution to the United Nations’ budget is “unfair”, president Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly today.
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5 Sep 17
The International Monetary Fund’s Independent Evaluation Office has called for more consistency in the way the fund approaches issues that spread across several countries.
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11 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to loan Bangladesh $200m to strengthen municipal infrastructure, service delivery and governance in 35 localities.
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7 Aug 17
The International Monetary Fund's executive board has reviewed its standards and codes initiative.
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4 Aug 17
The International Monetary Fund will seek a more systematic engagement with member states on governance and corruption, but has rejected the idea of ranking them based on their degree of corruption.
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28 Jul 17
Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been declared unfit for office and ousted from power by the country’s Supreme Court following a corruption probe.
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25 Jul 17
The quality of economic and social policies and institutions weakened in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 amid challenging economic conditions, the World Bank has found.
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18 Jul 17
The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
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7 Jul 17
Canada has the world’s most effective civil service, an international survey has found.
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4 Jul 17
Ukraine has been given a €3m grant to help its Ministry of Finance and civil service improve public financial management and governance.