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23 Jan 17
The former president of The Gambia has allegedly made off with $11m in public money after going into exile over the weekend.
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13 Jan 17
Australia is to set up an independent body to monitor parliamentary expenses after the country’s health minister resigned amid a scandal over travel costs she is alleged to have claimed...
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21 Dec 16
Plans for increased tax transparency across the European Union, which would have seen the details of the true owners of secretive companies made public have been watered down by national governments...
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20 Dec 16
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of negligence linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as French finance minister.
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16 Dec 16
Construction cartels and firms with links to organised crime could benefit from billions in European public money after winning contracts to build a pipeline carrying gas from Azerbaijan to Europe,...
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16 Dec 16
A free global register detailing the fraud and corruption risks faced by public sector organisations around the world will be launched by CIPFA and accountancy and advisory firm Moore Stephens.
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14 Dec 16
Greeks are unhappier with their lives than citizens in a host of post-communist and less developed nations across Europe and central Asia, according to a survey.
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12 Dec 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde is due before court in France today to face charges of negligence relating to her time as the country’s finance minister.
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8 Dec 16
The European Union’s support for improved financial management and governance in Ukraine has been only partially effective, and the limited results achieved so far remain “fragile”, the bloc’s...
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5 Dec 16
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a decisive defeat in a referendum to alter the country’s constitution, fiercely resisted by anti-establishment parties on the far...
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2 Dec 16
Money looted from Nigeria and seized by the UK should be used to save millions of people from starvation in the country’s north east, Save the Children has said.
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29 Nov 16
Hard-won gains in democracy and governance secured all over the world will be at risk when US president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, experts at the UK’s Overseas Development Institute...
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28 Nov 16
Diverse systems, narrow focus and a lack of capacity or experience are some of the key challenges in developing financial management and harmonised accounting standards highlighted by speakers at the...
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25 Nov 16
Good governance and accountability in public services requires a strong internal audit function, comprehensive external reporting and stakeholder engagement with that information, delegates at the...
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25 Nov 16
Performance and accountability institutions should lead by example and push for transformation in challenging times, former US comptroller general David Walker has told the CIPFA international...
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21 Nov 16
The International Monetary Fund has told Ukraine to knuckle down on reforms in order to secure the next tranche of its $17.5bn bailout.
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18 Nov 16
Strengthening the world’s health systems will require engaging a diverse array of stakeholders at different levels both within and outside the health system in new forms of participatory leadership,...
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18 Nov 16
The European Central Bank has blocked a full audit of its system to supervise banks across the European Union, the bloc’s court of auditors has said.
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14 Nov 16
Since taking office last year, Argentinean president Mauricio Macri has rocked the long-time socialist country with sweeping pro-market and for some, painful reforms. Where do his plans stand almost...
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11 Nov 16
Argentina is once again able to report inflation data to the International Monetary Fund after regaining the institution’s trust on the quality of its official statistics.
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11 Nov 16
CIPFA has signed two Memorandums of Understanding to secure partnerships with other organisations that can help support stronger public financial management around the world.
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11 Nov 16
The instability triggered by the Arab Spring has cost countries in the region $613.8bn since 2011 and a fiscal shortfall $217.9bn greater than pre-crisis projections, the United Nations has found.
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10 Nov 16
South African president Jacob Zuma is facing his second no confidence vote of the year after a report levelled further suspicions of corruption against him last week.
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9 Nov 16
The International Monetary Fund has approved $178.7m for Moldova and extended credit facilities to support the country’s economic and financial reform programme.
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4 Nov 16
Global organisations such as the International Federation of Accountants play a crucial role in the development of rules and standards and policy coordination around the world, the OECD has said.