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13 Sep 18
Consultant Ashok Rao helped devise in India what he believes to be the first national code of its kind for governing regional finances. Such a framework establishes a benchmark for best practice, he...
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12 Sep 18
Governments should ensure children from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to education, the OECD has urged.
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10 Sep 18
An IMF team has agreed to help support the economic recovery of Barbados, with an initial injection of $49m.
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10 Sep 18
Republicans in the US congress are poised to unveil a new round of tax cuts this week in an effort to boost their appeal to voters ahead of elections in November.
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10 Sep 18
Zimbabwe’s civil servants need new skills to improve how they deliver services and ensure value for money, the country’s finance minister has said.
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7 Sep 18
Italy’s cabinet has put forward a controversial ‘bribe destroyer’ bill to meet election pledges by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to root out corruption.
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5 Sep 18
The exiled Yemeni government has pledged to raise the salaries of public sector employees after hundreds of people protested against the rising cost of living.
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5 Sep 18
EU money is mostly funding social and economic projects on a ‘first-come first-served’ basis rather than merit, auditors have warned.
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5 Sep 18
The government of Brazil is seeking funding from companies, banks and international donors to help rebuild the National Museum, which was gutted by fire on Sunday.
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4 Sep 18
The Argentinian president has vowed to increase tax on exports and scrap numerous government ministries in a move to restore the economy.
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3 Sep 18
A row has erupted between Malaysia’s former prime minister and the current finance minister over unpaid tax refunds.
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30 Aug 18
Participatory budgeting offers a way for governments to repair fractured public trust but successful implementation is not without challenges, reports Simone Rensch.
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30 Aug 18
The European Union is considering tightening up regulations around cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ripple and Ether, it has been reported.
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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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23 Aug 18
Ghana’s finance minister has said the country will keep its public spending open to IMF scrutiny after its bailout programme ends next year.
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21 Aug 18
China will be asked to write off debts owed by Pacific island countries as repayments are a huge burden, Tonga’s prime minister has said.
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20 Aug 18
Pakistan’s new prime minister has called for the rich to start paying taxes to cut public debt – and pledged to live a “simple life”.
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20 Aug 18
Greece has successfully exited its final, three-year eurozone bailout package to tackle its debt crisis, which was part of the world’s biggest financial rescue.
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20 Aug 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $300m loan to support the Philippines’ efforts in improving infrastructure through public-private partnerships.
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17 Aug 18
Counties in Kenya have to make some “critical decisions” to ensure that their wage bills do not take too much money away from development projects, public finance professionals have warned.
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16 Aug 18
Italy’s central government will make at least €5m available to the north-western Liguria region after a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday leaving 39 dead.
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15 Aug 18
India is on track to become the world’s fastest-growing economy as reforms begin to pay off, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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15 Aug 18
Efforts to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are inadequate, according to a think-tank report.
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15 Aug 18
Ghana’s auditor general has slammed an economic crime agency after it kept more than one million Ghanaian cedi recovered from individuals and organisations.
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13 Aug 18
The National Prosecution Authority in Kenya has charged two government officials with fraud over the building of a $3.2bn Chinese-funded railway line.