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6 Jun 18
Countries are being advised to use official development assistance to support waste-collection services around the world in the battle against plastic pollution.
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6 Jun 18
The new government of Barbados has launched emergency plans to deal with the country’s economic crisis and restructure public debt in the hope of achieving financial stability.
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5 Jun 18
Kenyan government procurement and accounting chiefs have been told to stop working in order to take lie-detector tests in a move to root out corruption.
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4 Jun 18
The World Bank is to fund a project aimed at improving public financial management in the West Bank and Gaza that it is hoped will drive private investment.
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4 Jun 18
The prime minister of Jordan has resigned after days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures.
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4 Jun 18
The European Commission is failing to demonstrate the effectiveness of counter-radicalisation measures funded by the European Union, auditors have said.
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1 Jun 18
Global reforms are needed to ensure the current strength of the worldwide economy is sustainable as risks are looming, the OECD has warned.
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31 May 18
The international tax system is “fundamentally flawed” and countries must work together to fix it, the French president warned yesterday.
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29 May 18
Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
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29 May 18
Fragile states need help to ensure they have the policymaking and public administration capacity to move forward – not just handouts, Sierra Leone’s former finance minister has said.
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29 May 18
New Zealand will transform the way its public sector works together when it brings in the world’s first ‘wellbeing budget’, a Treasury official has told PF International.
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25 May 18
The European Union €166bn budget for 2019 will “invest in a stronger and more resilient European economy”, it has announced.
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25 May 18
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will share its climate-related financial information in its investments for the first time this year.
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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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25 May 18
Germany’s federal government will have nearly €11bn more to spend over the next four years as a result of more tax revenue than expected, a German government source has told PF International.
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24 May 18
The EU could spend less on green policies in 2021-27 than promised by the European Commission, a climate change campaigning group has warned.
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24 May 18
One third of the Asian Development Bank’s programmes are unlikely to be sustainable after they have been completed, the bank’s independent evaluation department has said.
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23 May 18
Africa must focus more on industrialisation to boost economic development, the president of the African Development Bank has said.
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22 May 18
The Zimbabwean government needs to regain the trust of the people to achieve its aim of creating a ‘cashless society’, an Overseas Development Institute research fellow has told PF International.
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22 May 18
Sri Lanka’s debt crisis will worsen as a series of costly projects commissioned by the former government has resulted in record-high repayments, the country’s finance minister has said.
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22 May 18
The US president Donald Trump has indicated he wants to use post Brexit trade talks with the UK to push up the price of drugs for the NHS.
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18 May 18
The New Zealand coalition has delivered a big boost for public services in its first budget, including NZ$3.2bn extra for health services and a new state housing programme.
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18 May 18
Indonesia should continue to strengthen its public financial management in the face of slower growth and rising inequality in the country, a World Bank report has said.
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17 May 18
Japan’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2018 for the first time in two years, official data has shown.
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15 May 18
The Asian Development Bank and the Pakistan government have agreed to work together to ‘upscale’ public private partnerships in the country.
6 Jun 18Countries are being advised to use official development assistance to support waste-collection services around the world in the battle against plastic pollution.
6 Jun 18The new government of Barbados has launched emergency plans to deal with the country’s economic crisis and restructure public debt in the hope of achieving financial stability.
5 Jun 18Kenyan government procurement and accounting chiefs have been told to stop working in order to take lie-detector tests in a move to root out corruption.
4 Jun 18The World Bank is to fund a project aimed at improving public financial management in the West Bank and Gaza that it is hoped will drive private investment.
4 Jun 18The prime minister of Jordan has resigned after days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures.
4 Jun 18The European Commission is failing to demonstrate the effectiveness of counter-radicalisation measures funded by the European Union, auditors have said.
1 Jun 18Global reforms are needed to ensure the current strength of the worldwide economy is sustainable as risks are looming, the OECD has warned.
31 May 18The international tax system is “fundamentally flawed” and countries must work together to fix it, the French president warned yesterday.
29 May 18Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
29 May 18Fragile states need help to ensure they have the policymaking and public administration capacity to move forward – not just handouts, Sierra Leone’s former finance minister has said.
29 May 18New Zealand will transform the way its public sector works together when it brings in the world’s first ‘wellbeing budget’, a Treasury official has told PF International.
25 May 18The European Union €166bn budget for 2019 will “invest in a stronger and more resilient European economy”, it has announced.
25 May 18The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will share its climate-related financial information in its investments for the first time this year.
25 May 18Developing 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.
25 May 18Germany’s federal government will have nearly €11bn more to spend over the next four years as a result of more tax revenue than expected, a German government source has told PF International.
24 May 18The EU could spend less on green policies in 2021-27 than promised by the European Commission, a climate change campaigning group has warned.
24 May 18One third of the Asian Development Bank’s programmes are unlikely to be sustainable after they have been completed, the bank’s independent evaluation department has said.
23 May 18Africa must focus more on industrialisation to boost economic development, the president of the African Development Bank has said.
22 May 18The Zimbabwean government needs to regain the trust of the people to achieve its aim of creating a ‘cashless society’, an Overseas Development Institute research fellow has told PF International.
22 May 18Sri Lanka’s debt crisis will worsen as a series of costly projects commissioned by the former government has resulted in record-high repayments, the country’s finance minister has said.
22 May 18The US president Donald Trump has indicated he wants to use post Brexit trade talks with the UK to push up the price of drugs for the NHS.
18 May 18The New Zealand coalition has delivered a big boost for public services in its first budget, including NZ$3.2bn extra for health services and a new state housing programme.
18 May 18Indonesia should continue to strengthen its public financial management in the face of slower growth and rising inequality in the country, a World Bank report has said.
17 May 18Japan’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2018 for the first time in two years, official data has shown.
15 May 18The Asian Development Bank and the Pakistan government have agreed to work together to ‘upscale’ public private partnerships in the country.
