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24 Sep 19
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued the world’s first climate resilience bond.
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20 Sep 19
More sustainable public finances are “vital” if North Macedonia’s economy is to grow long-term, the World Bank has said.
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20 Sep 19
Global growth will slow to 2.9% in 2019 and 3% in 2020 because of the trade war between China and the US, and uncertainty caused by the UK’s departure from the EU.
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20 Sep 19
An unresolved tax dispute with Israel means Palestine faces a financing gap that could exceed $1.8bn this year, the World Bank has said.
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19 Sep 19
Jamaica’s efforts to reform its economy have been hailed as a success after a visit by International Monetary Fund staff.
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17 Sep 19
Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
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17 Sep 19
A slowdown in the Icelandic economy should spur the country on to diversify its economy, the OECD has said.
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17 Sep 19
French public sector workers took to the streets for the second time in a few days to protest pension changes that could see them working longer.
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13 Sep 19
The UK government must do more to ensure departments better understand how to spend aid more efficiently, a watchdog has found.
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10 Sep 19
The design of taxation policy has a vital role in promoting international sustainability, the president of CIPFA has told management accountants in Sri Lanka.
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10 Sep 19
Italy’s new government has been warned not to challenge EU fiscal rules in its upcoming draft budget.
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9 Sep 19
Reform of property taxation would be the most effective way of boosting growth and tackling inequality in Cambodia, new research has found.
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6 Sep 19
The Estonian government has launched a review of the state budget to improve the process of drafting its expenditure in the future.
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5 Sep 19
Argentina’s debt crisis was an “inevitable” consequence of failures by the International Monetary Fund, a campaigning charity has claimed.
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3 Sep 19
Argentina’s international bonds have fallen to record lows following the reintroduction of currency controls in the South American country.
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28 Aug 19
Top civil servants broadly have two strategies to choose between when deciding on efficiency cutbacks but must bear in mind the values that motivate the decisions, explains Leiden University’s Eduard...
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27 Aug 19
The Palestinian Authority has agreed a deal with the Israeli government in a dispute over the transfer of tax revenues.
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27 Aug 19
An international anti-corruption commission is being kicked out of Guatemala, with its supporters blaming the US for being too focused on migration in the region to defend it.
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27 Aug 19
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump reached a compromise regarding France’s new tax on tech giants at the meeting of the G7 over the weekend.
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20 Aug 19
Argentina would struggle to repay a loan to the IMF under the current “impossible” conditions, the opposition presidential candidate has claimed.
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20 Aug 19
The IMF explains how scaling back on energy subsidies would leave more money for governments to spend on areas such as education and healthcare.
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19 Aug 19
Sudan’s ex-president has admitted to receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective has told a court at the start of a corruption trial.
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19 Aug 19
Scammers have increasingly been using the World Bank’s name to give authenticity to ‘advance fee' fraud schemes.
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16 Aug 19
US bond yields have fallen below 2% for the first time in history, producing an ‘inverted yield curve’, which can often signal a recession.
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15 Aug 19
Brazil has privatised nearly $20bn of assets and investments since the election of right-wing populist president Jair Bolsonaro, according to a government minister.