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24 Sep 18
Political drive is essential for public financial management reforms to be successful, a panel discussing transforming PFM at CIPFA’s international conference agreed.
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17 Sep 18
The World Bank and the EU have signed a €15.6m programme to strengthen public financial management oversight and accountability in Iraq.
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29 Aug 18
Vladimir Putin has watered down his controversial pension reforms as he suffers his lowest approval ratings for four years.
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3 Jul 18
Last week’s Fijian budget was a “missed opportunity” to promote gender equality through fiscal policies, a social development adviser has told PF International.
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25 May 18
The Asian Development Bank and the government of Laos have signed a $30m grant to improve the health sector and its financial management.
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25 May 18
Developing countries need to have the “basic building blocks” in place before they can make sustainable reforms, the president of a global financial management body has said.
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11 May 18
Technology is reshaping how governments raise and spend money, says a group from the IMF’s fiscal affairs department.
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1 May 18
Jamaica is to develop a public financial management policy for disaster risk, the minister of finance and the public service has announced.
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10 Apr 18
The island’s new leader should ignore the doom merchants and make a virtue of its mixed economy, writes Gavin O’Toole.
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10 Apr 18
The International Federation of Accountants has stressed the need for fragile states to strengthen their accountancy base as a means of defeating corruption.
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6 Jan 16
A free online course developed by the UK’s University of London aims to broaden knowledge about the effective management of public finances
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23 Nov 15
The African Development Bank has approved a $56.2m loan to support public financial management and private sector competitiveness in Ghana.
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20 Nov 15
Poor budgeting could push Malawi’s economic growth rate down, a report by the World Bank has warned.
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19 Nov 15
The International Monetary Fund will disburse $42.1m to help Madagascar balance its books and reduce poverty, its executive board has announced.
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4 Nov 15
The International Monetary Fund has advised Liberia to strengthen its public finance management, debt sustainability and international reserves as the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak lingers.
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22 Oct 15
An estimated €300m allocated by the European Union to discourage illegal logging and the export of illegal timber worldwide has produced only “meagre” results, the European Court of Auditors has...
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19 Oct 15
Public schools in Australia’s Northern Territory are missing out on millions of dollars in funding due to its government’s budget cuts and the territory’s failure to pass on needs-...
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12 Jun 15
The European Union and International Monetary signed a €8m grant agreement to implement fiscal reform in the Balkans, with a particular focus on public financial management.
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7 Jun 15
The South Sudanese state of Eastern Equatoria has implemented financial management systems to help it better control public spending.
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7 Jun 15
The International Federation of Accountants has called on public finance policymakers to act in the long-term interest in the wake of the Greek debt crisis, which is no nearer to a resolution.
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3 Apr 14
International donors have given Myanmar $55m to support the modernisation of its public financial management system and ensure spending is targeted on the right sector.