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25 Aug 21
New president Hakainde Hichilema vowed to reduce Zambia’s large public debt after his convincing election victory earlier this month, saying the budget has become “overwhelmed” by servicing costs.
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6 Aug 21
Tito Mboweni has stepped down as South Africa’s finance minister in the wake of severe social unrest tipped to harm the country’s economic rebound from Covid-19.
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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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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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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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30 Nov 20
Central banks have promised the end of any further changes to the Basel III framework, introduced to manage risks following the global financial crisis of 2007-09.
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16 Oct 20
In the ongoing COVID-19 crisis there have been many lessons learned about what good leadership can look like. Here are some ways you can identify your personal leadership style and adapt it to meet...
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14 Sep 20
An equal number of men and women will lead the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board for the first time, following the appointment of three new members.
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28 Aug 20
Japanese prime minster Shinzo Abe is to resign as leader of the nation due to ill health.
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20 Aug 20
An ethics scandal has forced Canada’s finance minister to resign, paving the way for the country’s first ever female holder of the position.
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8 Apr 20
Organisations across the public sector are currently engaged in a massive effort to maintain their functions and outputs as they respond to the COVID-19 challenge – and they can only do this with...
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1 Apr 20
Co-founder of Public Finance by Women Gillian Fawcett outlines 10 recommendations for organisations and individuals to follow to work towards achieving gender balance in the senior positions,...
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28 Jan 20
Public finance leaders will inevitably face periods of instability, but there are strategies you can adopt to successfully get through them
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21 Jan 20
More needs to be done to assess the scale of gender inequality in public finance around the world, according to a network of women in the sector.
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21 Jan 20
Ukrainian ministers have been told to take pay cuts until they improve the country’s ailing economy.
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7 Jan 20
Protesters against George Weah’s Liberian government gathered in the capital yesterday, with demonstrators angry at his handling of the struggling economy.
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22 Nov 19
Corruption charges have been filed against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is accused of bribery, fraud and breaches of trust.
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21 Nov 19
A majority-female board at the International Federation of Accountants has been approved for the first time ever, with the president hailing a “proud moment” for the organisation.
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13 Nov 19
The Moldovan government, led by a prime minister who pledged to fight corruption, has collapsed after a disagreement over anti-graft reform.
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7 Nov 19
The French and Chinese leaders have reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement on climate change, calling it “an irreversible process”.
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6 Nov 19
Protests in Iraq have cost the economy “billions”, said the country’s prime minister, as he pleaded for the demonstrators to let life “go back to normal”.
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5 Nov 19
The US has started the formal process to leave the Paris Agreement in a year, becoming the only country in the world to exit the landmark climate change pact.
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30 Oct 19
Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned after large-scale protests against his government.
25 Aug 21New president Hakainde Hichilema vowed to reduce Zambia’s large public debt after his convincing election victory earlier this month, saying the budget has become “overwhelmed” by servicing costs.
6 Aug 21Tito Mboweni has stepped down as South Africa’s finance minister in the wake of severe social unrest tipped to harm the country’s economic rebound from Covid-19.
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...
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.
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...
30 Nov 20Central banks have promised the end of any further changes to the Basel III framework, introduced to manage risks following the global financial crisis of 2007-09.
16 Oct 20In the ongoing COVID-19 crisis there have been many lessons learned about what good leadership can look like. Here are some ways you can identify your personal leadership style and adapt it to meet...
14 Sep 20An equal number of men and women will lead the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board for the first time, following the appointment of three new members.
28 Aug 20Japanese prime minster Shinzo Abe is to resign as leader of the nation due to ill health.
20 Aug 20An ethics scandal has forced Canada’s finance minister to resign, paving the way for the country’s first ever female holder of the position.
8 Apr 20Organisations across the public sector are currently engaged in a massive effort to maintain their functions and outputs as they respond to the COVID-19 challenge – and they can only do this with...
1 Apr 20Co-founder of Public Finance by Women Gillian Fawcett outlines 10 recommendations for organisations and individuals to follow to work towards achieving gender balance in the senior positions,...
28 Jan 20Public finance leaders will inevitably face periods of instability, but there are strategies you can adopt to successfully get through them
21 Jan 20More needs to be done to assess the scale of gender inequality in public finance around the world, according to a network of women in the sector.
21 Jan 20Ukrainian ministers have been told to take pay cuts until they improve the country’s ailing economy.
7 Jan 20Protesters against George Weah’s Liberian government gathered in the capital yesterday, with demonstrators angry at his handling of the struggling economy.
22 Nov 19Corruption charges have been filed against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is accused of bribery, fraud and breaches of trust.
13 Nov 19The Moldovan government, led by a prime minister who pledged to fight corruption, has collapsed after a disagreement over anti-graft reform.
7 Nov 19The French and Chinese leaders have reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement on climate change, calling it “an irreversible process”.
6 Nov 19Protests in Iraq have cost the economy “billions”, said the country’s prime minister, as he pleaded for the demonstrators to let life “go back to normal”.
5 Nov 19The US has started the formal process to leave the Paris Agreement in a year, becoming the only country in the world to exit the landmark climate change pact.
30 Oct 19Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned after large-scale protests against his government.
