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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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8 Nov 16
Brazil’s federal government has frozen the accounts of the financially imperilled state of Rio de Janeiro and ordered it to repay millions of dollars in arrears.
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11 Oct 16
Singapore has opened a new government agency dedicated to leading the country’s digital and data strategy.
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12 Sep 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said Laos must maintain “the momentum of fiscal consolidation” to safeguard its transition to a lower-middle income country.
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2 Sep 16
Millions of workers across India are on strike today to protest what they see as anti-labour policies driven by prime minister Narendra Modi.
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18 Aug 16
Many of Zimbabwe’s local councils continue to operate budgets rejected by central government for allocating too much cash to salaries, according to an investigation by the country’s Financial Gazette...
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17 Aug 16
Angola has halved its predicted growth figures for 2016 and passed a revised budget after the impact of the commodity price slump on its heavily oil-reliant economy became apparent.
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11 Aug 16
Egypt is set to benefit from a $12bn International Monetary Fund loan over the next three years after agreeing on a programme to support economic reforms, it was announced today.
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2 Aug 16
Australia, the UK and South Korea are world leaders in using e-government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a United Nations survey.
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19 Jul 16
Cambodia’s economy is projected to continue on a robust growth trajectory, but rapidly expanding credit is the biggest threat to the outlook, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday.
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15 Apr 16
Communities all over Africa are being inspired to track public money and capture their fair share
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22 Mar 16
Local public services in Indonesia stand to be improved after a “bottom up” model to spot problems and enact solutions was successfully tested.
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10 Mar 16
South Africa’s schools were a public sector corruption hotspot in 2015, according to a national corruption watchdog.
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3 Mar 16
Pragmatic, targeted and well-sequenced public finance management reforms are more likely to lead to success than ambitious, large-scale overhauls, the Asian Development Bank vice president has said.
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23 Feb 16
Public sector accountability will be key in determining how well and how quickly Myanmar can progress towards shared development and prosperity, the World Bank has said.
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16 Feb 16
Sri Lanka’s “chronic” revenue shortfalls must be addressed and its economy must become more competitive and inclusive if poverty is to be reduced, the World Bank has said.
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3 Feb 16
Humanitarian workers in Mali have appealed for $354m to help 1 million people, mainly in the northern and central areas of the country, who have been affected by conflict.
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14 Jan 16
Four billion people still lack access to the internet and the anticipated gains for growth, employment and public services from digital technologies is falling short of expectations, the World Bank...
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14 Jan 16
Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is neither robust or inclusive enough to support the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia...
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8 Jan 16
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has denounced the decision of the Yemeni government to expel the UN human rights representative from the war-torn country.
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6 Jan 16
Civilians in Yemen continue to suffer a “terrible toll” as fighting continues into the new year following a short-lived ceasefire in late December, the United Nations has said.
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8 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced more than €100m to support decentralisation and local governance in Ukraine.
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1 Dec 15
The majority of Africans think corruption has risen in the past year and that their governments are failing to prevent abuses of power, bribery and secret deals, Transparency International has found...
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20 Nov 15
The ongoing war in Yemen has brought its education and health systems to the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official has warned.