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18 Apr 18
Government in China is increasingly having to carry out duties with no money provided and un-budgeted public debts have built up in the country, an International Monetary Fund working paper has said.
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17 Apr 18
The World Bank should stop funding and promoting public private partnerships until a review of their effectiveness has been done, an NGO umbrella group has called for today.
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17 Apr 18
James Muraguri is the chief executive officer at the Institute of Public Finance Kenya think-tank, which was founded in 2015, and a trained accountant. He tells PF International about working in...
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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 Apr 18
The EU budget should be more sustainable so it can better address long-term challenges, such as climate change, a European climate network has said.
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5 Apr 18
Italy’s statistics bureau ISTAT has increased its assessment of the country’s 2017 budget deficit to 2.3% of gross domestic product.
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29 Mar 18
France has reduced its deficit to below the 3% European Union limit for the first time in a decade, it has been announced.
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29 Mar 18
The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
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27 Mar 18
Countries must fight corruption and restore public trust to help meet the sustainable development goals, an OECD forum in Paris heard this morning.
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27 Mar 18
The European Union has unveiled its strategy to reform the financial system in support of a “greener and cleaner” economy.
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23 Mar 18
A US spending bill has been drawn up, which sets out $1.3trn to fund the government through to September.
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22 Mar 18
The UK could be punished by the European Union if it tries to lower corporate tax to attract business after leaving the bloc, tax campaigner Dame Margaret Hodge has told PF International.
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21 Mar 18
A Thai anti-graft agency has started an investigation into a suspected theft of up to 85% of money from a state fund for people living in poverty.
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21 Mar 18
Future farm spending in the EU should be based on performance targets and achieve the union’s definition of ‘added value’, European auditors have said.
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20 Mar 18
The Indian government sees artificial intelligence as a way to boost the economy - a ‘game changer’. But the change might not be for the good, warns Chatham House’s Urvashi Aneja.
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20 Mar 18
EU public private partnerships are not economically viable and only have limited benefits, resulting in billions of euros being inefficiently spent, European auditors have said.
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20 Mar 18
More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to come up with a plan on how to tax the digital economy by 2020, the OECD has said.
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19 Mar 18
Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
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16 Mar 18
Our international reporter Simone Rensch finds out why green bonds are going from a marginal financing tool to becoming mainstream.
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15 Mar 18
The French central bank has revised up its 2018 economic growth forecast to 1.9%, following the strongest growth in six years.
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15 Mar 18
Germany’s gender pay gap remains unchanged, with women earning 21% less than men last year, the Federal Statistics Office has said.
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14 Mar 18
European Union funding to help Turkey prepare itself for EU membership has had only a “limited effect”, auditors have found.
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13 Mar 18
Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is pretty much made out of thin air and is a desperate measure made by a country suffering one of the worst economic crisis of modern times, says finance academic Daniele...
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13 Mar 18
Jamaica’s economic growth continues to “disappoint” despite its successful reform programme, the International Monetary Fund has said.
18 Apr 18Government in China is increasingly having to carry out duties with no money provided and un-budgeted public debts have built up in the country, an International Monetary Fund working paper has said.
17 Apr 18The World Bank should stop funding and promoting public private partnerships until a review of their effectiveness has been done, an NGO umbrella group has called for today.
17 Apr 18James Muraguri is the chief executive officer at the Institute of Public Finance Kenya think-tank, which was founded in 2015, and a trained accountant. He tells PF International about working in...
10 Apr 18The island’s new leader should ignore the doom merchants and make a virtue of its mixed economy, writes Gavin O’Toole.
10 Apr 18The International Federation of Accountants has stressed the need for fragile states to strengthen their accountancy base as a means of defeating corruption.
6 Apr 18The EU budget should be more sustainable so it can better address long-term challenges, such as climate change, a European climate network has said.
5 Apr 18Italy’s statistics bureau ISTAT has increased its assessment of the country’s 2017 budget deficit to 2.3% of gross domestic product.
29 Mar 18France has reduced its deficit to below the 3% European Union limit for the first time in a decade, it has been announced.
29 Mar 18The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
27 Mar 18Countries must fight corruption and restore public trust to help meet the sustainable development goals, an OECD forum in Paris heard this morning.
27 Mar 18The European Union has unveiled its strategy to reform the financial system in support of a “greener and cleaner” economy.
23 Mar 18A US spending bill has been drawn up, which sets out $1.3trn to fund the government through to September.
22 Mar 18The UK could be punished by the European Union if it tries to lower corporate tax to attract business after leaving the bloc, tax campaigner Dame Margaret Hodge has told PF International.
21 Mar 18A Thai anti-graft agency has started an investigation into a suspected theft of up to 85% of money from a state fund for people living in poverty.
21 Mar 18Future farm spending in the EU should be based on performance targets and achieve the union’s definition of ‘added value’, European auditors have said.
20 Mar 18The Indian government sees artificial intelligence as a way to boost the economy - a ‘game changer’. But the change might not be for the good, warns Chatham House’s Urvashi Aneja.
20 Mar 18EU public private partnerships are not economically viable and only have limited benefits, resulting in billions of euros being inefficiently spent, European auditors have said.
19 Mar 18Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
16 Mar 18Our international reporter Simone Rensch finds out why green bonds are going from a marginal financing tool to becoming mainstream.
15 Mar 18The French central bank has revised up its 2018 economic growth forecast to 1.9%, following the strongest growth in six years.
15 Mar 18Germany’s gender pay gap remains unchanged, with women earning 21% less than men last year, the Federal Statistics Office has said.
14 Mar 18European Union funding to help Turkey prepare itself for EU membership has had only a “limited effect”, auditors have found.
13 Mar 18Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is pretty much made out of thin air and is a desperate measure made by a country suffering one of the worst economic crisis of modern times, says finance academic Daniele...
13 Mar 18Jamaica’s economic growth continues to “disappoint” despite its successful reform programme, the International Monetary Fund has said.
