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3 May 17
The civil service is to be upheld as the “backbone” of good governance and development in south-east Asia, according to a declaration signed by the region’s leaders last week.
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13 Mar 17
Strengthening the notion of civil service as a vocation in developing countries is critical to building the institutions needed for sound economic governance, an International Monetary Fund official...
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14 Feb 17
The International Monetary Fund opened a first-of-its-kind training and technical assistance centre in South Asia yesterday.
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13 Feb 17
Countries can “leapfrog” periods of slower development by linking tax policy reform with measures to improve collection and administration, Christine Lagarde has said.
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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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7 Oct 16
The International Federation of Accountants has done the best work to build the capacity of professional accountancy organisations around the world this year, judges at an awards ceremony decided...
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12 Aug 16
The United Nations will help Iraq root out the endemic corruption that has infected the war-torn nation’s economy and institutions, including by improving the training of auditors.
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26 Jul 16
Enthusiastic commitment from governments is an “indispensible prerequisite” to building tax capacity in developing countries, four of the world’s most prominent international institutions have said.
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4 Jul 16
Four Japanese cities have been selected to share best practice with those in developing countries as part of a World Bank capacity-building programme.
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23 Jun 16
The OECD has urged Mexico to encourage the productive use of its wealth of open data, which has yet to have a substantial impact on the country’s economy or society.
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22 Apr 16
A new local government institute is to help build the public financial management capacity of local authorities in Rwanda.