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3 Sep 18
Singapore has agreed to the Malaysian government’s request to postpone the development of a high-speed rail service by two years to allow the latter’s finances to improve.
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3 Sep 18
A lack of public investment has been linked to the catastrophic fire that gutted the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil yesterday.
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28 Aug 18
Women still do not participate in the work force at the same rate as men, the IMF points out. The organisation suggests some ways on how this could be turned around.
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23 Aug 18
Ghana’s finance minister has said the country will keep its public spending open to IMF scrutiny after its bailout programme ends next year.
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22 Aug 18
India's Kerala state will seek to borrow more than 100bn rupees ($1.4bn) to finance reconstruction work after floods killed nearly 400 people and washed away roads and bridges.
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17 Aug 18
Strong public financial management is the foundation for a sustainable growth. But are we doing enough? Asks the African Union’s Assietou Sylla Diouf.
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17 Aug 18
Counties in Kenya have to make some “critical decisions” to ensure that their wage bills do not take too much money away from development projects, public finance professionals have warned.
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16 Aug 18
Italy’s central government will make at least €5m available to the north-western Liguria region after a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday leaving 39 dead.
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13 Aug 18
Stakeholders may not always understand financial reporting but this could be improved by taking a leaf out of the book of organisations such as Windows, which made IT much more accessible with...
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9 Aug 18
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency has charged the former prime minister Najib Razak with three cases of money laundering after billions of dollars went missing from a state fund during his term.
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6 Aug 18
The G20 has come up with a plan to develop an ‘infrastructure asset class’ to boost global infrastructure. But this is wrong and the focus should be on investing more public money into...
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30 Jul 18
Mexico’s newly elected president has pledged to boost the country’s long-neglected oil sector, he announced on Friday.
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27 Jul 18
Brussels has pledged to give €500m to a German scheme that supports railway companies which invest in clean energy.
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27 Jul 18
Hundreds of MPs in South Sudan have received government loans worth $40,000 each to buy cars, sparking outrage in a war-torn country blighted by hunger.
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25 Jul 18
The US government has pledged to give American farmers billions of dollars in aid to mitigate the impact of the current trade war.
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24 Jul 18
G20 finance ministers have agreed to prioritise policies that will help people cope with technological change and the future of work.
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24 Jul 18
Public private partnerships need to be managed actively and effectively throughout the life of the contract if value is to be realised, says Morag Baird of the Global Infrastructure Hub
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20 Jul 18
Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to eight more years in prison after she was found guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds.
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19 Jul 18
The G20 is encouraging the public sector to improve oversight and management of public-private partnerships that are up and running.
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18 Jul 18
A lack of health care funding is leaving nearly one million people in Iraq without access to basic services, the World Health Organization has said.
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6 Jul 18
The Asian Development Bank will give Bangladesh a $100m grant to help provide basic infrastructure and services for refugees.
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5 Jul 18
Poor quality health services are increasing the number of avoidable illness cases and driving up health costs globally, a joint report has warned.
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2 Jul 18
European leaders have struck a deal on how to handle migration within the bloc after finishing marathon talks at an EU summit.
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2 Jul 18
The Bahamas is to shore up the resilience of its public finances to the effects climate change with a $100m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.
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2 Jul 18
Andrés Manuel López Obrador has swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential elections on a pledge to wipe out corruption, which he said was driving social inequality and violence.
3 Sep 18Singapore has agreed to the Malaysian government’s request to postpone the development of a high-speed rail service by two years to allow the latter’s finances to improve.
3 Sep 18A lack of public investment has been linked to the catastrophic fire that gutted the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil yesterday.
28 Aug 18Women still do not participate in the work force at the same rate as men, the IMF points out. The organisation suggests some ways on how this could be turned around.
23 Aug 18Ghana’s finance minister has said the country will keep its public spending open to IMF scrutiny after its bailout programme ends next year.
22 Aug 18India's Kerala state will seek to borrow more than 100bn rupees ($1.4bn) to finance reconstruction work after floods killed nearly 400 people and washed away roads and bridges.
17 Aug 18Strong public financial management is the foundation for a sustainable growth. But are we doing enough? Asks the African Union’s Assietou Sylla Diouf.
17 Aug 18Counties in Kenya have to make some “critical decisions” to ensure that their wage bills do not take too much money away from development projects, public finance professionals have warned.
16 Aug 18Italy’s central government will make at least €5m available to the north-western Liguria region after a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday leaving 39 dead.
13 Aug 18Stakeholders may not always understand financial reporting but this could be improved by taking a leaf out of the book of organisations such as Windows, which made IT much more accessible with...
9 Aug 18Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency has charged the former prime minister Najib Razak with three cases of money laundering after billions of dollars went missing from a state fund during his term.
6 Aug 18The G20 has come up with a plan to develop an ‘infrastructure asset class’ to boost global infrastructure. But this is wrong and the focus should be on investing more public money into...
30 Jul 18Mexico’s newly elected president has pledged to boost the country’s long-neglected oil sector, he announced on Friday.
27 Jul 18Brussels has pledged to give €500m to a German scheme that supports railway companies which invest in clean energy.
27 Jul 18Hundreds of MPs in South Sudan have received government loans worth $40,000 each to buy cars, sparking outrage in a war-torn country blighted by hunger.
25 Jul 18The US government has pledged to give American farmers billions of dollars in aid to mitigate the impact of the current trade war.
24 Jul 18G20 finance ministers have agreed to prioritise policies that will help people cope with technological change and the future of work.
24 Jul 18Public private partnerships need to be managed actively and effectively throughout the life of the contract if value is to be realised, says Morag Baird of the Global Infrastructure Hub
20 Jul 18Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to eight more years in prison after she was found guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds.
19 Jul 18The G20 is encouraging the public sector to improve oversight and management of public-private partnerships that are up and running.
18 Jul 18A lack of health care funding is leaving nearly one million people in Iraq without access to basic services, the World Health Organization has said.
6 Jul 18The Asian Development Bank will give Bangladesh a $100m grant to help provide basic infrastructure and services for refugees.
5 Jul 18Poor quality health services are increasing the number of avoidable illness cases and driving up health costs globally, a joint report has warned.
2 Jul 18European leaders have struck a deal on how to handle migration within the bloc after finishing marathon talks at an EU summit.
2 Jul 18The Bahamas is to shore up the resilience of its public finances to the effects climate change with a $100m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.
2 Jul 18Andrés Manuel López Obrador has swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential elections on a pledge to wipe out corruption, which he said was driving social inequality and violence.
