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10 Jan 17
Around a fifth of all health spending is probably ineffective or wasteful, an OECD deputy director has estimated at the launch of a report looking at inefficiencies in the world’s health systems.
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6 Jan 17
The Greek government’s decision to pay out over €600m to the country’s pensioners in the form of a Christmas bonus shows up the weaknesses of its financial management system
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5 Jan 17
China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
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4 Jan 17
Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
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3 Jan 17
Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
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21 Dec 16
Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
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15 Dec 16
Debt relief measures for Greece have been frozen just weeks after they were agreed because of a series of social welfare measures announced by the government, a move that has angered creditors.
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15 Dec 16
A constitutional amendment to freeze Brazil’s public spending for 20 years will take effect today, after being approved by parliament earlier this week.
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15 Dec 16
High public sector debt is a key risk to the performance of Malaysia’s economy, the International Monetary Fund warned as it welcomed plans to cut spending and hike certain taxes.
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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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14 Dec 16
The International Monetary Fund has congratulated Spain on an “impressive” economic recovery.
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12 Dec 16
Governments should focus spending on mental health and wellbeing, researchers have argued, after a study found these are more closely linked to happiness than financial problems or poverty.
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12 Dec 16
Brazil’s planned 20-year government spending freeze will breach citizens’ human rights, a United Nations expert has concluded.
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6 Dec 16
Audit institutions and governments need to make audit reports on public spending more accessible to civil society organisations, the International Budget Partnership has found.
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28 Nov 16
A shift toward protectionism would dash any hopes that the global economy can be broken out of its “low-growth trap”, the OECD has warned.
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22 Nov 16
The US Federal Reserve’s second in command has hinted that some of president-elect Donald Trump’s fiscal policies could help the bank and the US economy.
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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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11 Nov 16
PEFA has been supporting effective PFM reform since 2005. After the launch of its upgraded framework earlier this year, where next for the world’s principal method of assessing PFM performance?
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10 Nov 16
Providing decision makers with robust and comprehensive information helps them to assess progress against investment goals and needs. Understanding how public policy, finance and support interact...
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9 Nov 16
The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a surprise victory in this year’s US presidential race, pledging unity and increased government infrastructure spending in his victory speech.
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8 Nov 16
Many countries in Asia and the Pacific are spending too little on social protection programmes and should expand these to provide adequate cover to most of their populations, the Asian Development...
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3 Nov 16
Egypt has liberalised its exchange rate and devalued its currency by almost 50% in a bid to secure a $12bn International Monetary Fund loan to rescue the country from economy from crisis.
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1 Nov 16
Saudi Arabia’s veteran finance minister Ibrahim al-Assaf has been sacked by the country’s King Salman after 20 years in the post.
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21 Oct 16
The size of Germany’s large current account surplus is a threat to the eurozone economy and the country should consider increasing public investment, according to a survey of economists.
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17 Oct 16
Latin America and the Caribbean need to make better use of public sector innovation labs, according to an Inter-American Development Bank study.
10 Jan 17Around a fifth of all health spending is probably ineffective or wasteful, an OECD deputy director has estimated at the launch of a report looking at inefficiencies in the world’s health systems.
6 Jan 17The Greek government’s decision to pay out over €600m to the country’s pensioners in the form of a Christmas bonus shows up the weaknesses of its financial management system
5 Jan 17China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
4 Jan 17Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
3 Jan 17Some of Nigeria’s poorest citizens have received the first round of monthly 5,000 naira ($16) payments intended to help alleviate severe poverty in the country.
21 Dec 16Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
15 Dec 16Debt relief measures for Greece have been frozen just weeks after they were agreed because of a series of social welfare measures announced by the government, a move that has angered creditors.
15 Dec 16A constitutional amendment to freeze Brazil’s public spending for 20 years will take effect today, after being approved by parliament earlier this week.
15 Dec 16High public sector debt is a key risk to the performance of Malaysia’s economy, the International Monetary Fund warned as it welcomed plans to cut spending and hike certain taxes.
14 Dec 16The International Monetary Fund has congratulated Spain on an “impressive” economic recovery.
12 Dec 16Governments should focus spending on mental health and wellbeing, researchers have argued, after a study found these are more closely linked to happiness than financial problems or poverty.
6 Dec 16Audit institutions and governments need to make audit reports on public spending more accessible to civil society organisations, the International Budget Partnership has found.
28 Nov 16A shift toward protectionism would dash any hopes that the global economy can be broken out of its “low-growth trap”, the OECD has warned.
22 Nov 16The US Federal Reserve’s second in command has hinted that some of president-elect Donald Trump’s fiscal policies could help the bank and the US economy.
11 Nov 16The 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.
10 Nov 16Providing decision makers with robust and comprehensive information helps them to assess progress against investment goals and needs. Understanding how public policy, finance and support interact...
9 Nov 16The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a surprise victory in this year’s US presidential race, pledging unity and increased government infrastructure spending in his victory speech.
8 Nov 16Many countries in Asia and the Pacific are spending too little on social protection programmes and should expand these to provide adequate cover to most of their populations, the Asian Development...
3 Nov 16Egypt has liberalised its exchange rate and devalued its currency by almost 50% in a bid to secure a $12bn International Monetary Fund loan to rescue the country from economy from crisis.
1 Nov 16Saudi Arabia’s veteran finance minister Ibrahim al-Assaf has been sacked by the country’s King Salman after 20 years in the post.
17 Oct 16Latin America and the Caribbean need to make better use of public sector innovation labs, according to an Inter-American Development Bank study.
