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9 Feb 18
The US Congress has passed a budget deal that will keep the federal government funded, following two recent shutdowns.
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8 Feb 18
South Africa’s budget speech should still go ahead on 21 February, despite the president’s state of the nation address being postponed, the parliament has said.
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8 Feb 18
The central bank of Bangladesh is to sue a Philippine bank over its role in the world’s biggest cyber-heist two years ago, a government official has said.
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8 Feb 18
William Haley, a CIPFA member living in Australia, recently won an award for his work at Transport NSW, where he is an associate director. He talks to PF about moving abroad with the CIPFA...
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6 Feb 18
The world has made improvements in the empowerment of women over the past 40 years but countries still have a long way to go and should mainstream gender budgeting, says the IMF’s Christine Lagarde....
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6 Feb 18
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board is seeking views on its draft strategy and work plan for the period 2019-23.
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5 Feb 18
Liberia and the World Bank have signed a $24.67m grant agreement to boost economic transformation and governance in the west African country.
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5 Feb 18
Germany’s two main parties are yet to strike a deal on healthcare and labour policies during coalition talks.
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5 Feb 18
Gender budgeting can do more than advance equality – it can provide an economic boost. However, it requires resources and commitment. Simone Rensch reports.
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1 Feb 18
India's finance minister has unveiled the “world’s largest healthcare programme” in a surprise move as part of the last budget before the election next year.
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1 Feb 18
Developing countries are missing out on at least $308m every day because they do not educate girls to the same level as boys, an advocacy group has said.
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31 Jan 18
South Korea has no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, the finance minister confirmed last week, following speculation it could follow China’s example and block all virtual coin platforms.
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31 Jan 18
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
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30 Jan 18
CIPFA and the Open University have teamed up to offer a free online introductory course on managing public money. Michaela Lavender completed the course last year and shares her thoughts about the...
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30 Jan 18
Liberia’s newly sworn-in president has pledged to cut his own salary by 25% to fix the country’s “broken” economy.
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30 Jan 18
Some government employees in Argentina will not receive pay rises this year because of spending cuts, the president has said.
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29 Jan 18
The Pakistani government has introduced public sector auditing reforms to align its accounting procedures with international standards.
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29 Jan 18
South Africans will have to “bear some pain” as a result of the “tough decisions” made in the budget to stabilise the country’s debt, the finance minister has said.
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26 Jan 18
German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Europe should not complain when countries, like the US, change their tax systems but instead respond by reforming its own.
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26 Jan 18
The government of Kenya will cut spending to lower its budget deficit to internationally accepted levels in the next five years, the Treasury has said.
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25 Jan 18
The political fall out for the European Union and its members after Brexit has not yet been fully considered, says Chatham House's Christopher Smart.
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25 Jan 18
The Department for International Trade is looking at both ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenarios in the eight workstreams it is handling around the UK’s planned departure from the EU.
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24 Jan 18
Japan has pushed back its fiscal targets and is expecting a primary budget surplus by 2027, two years later than previously projected.
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24 Jan 18
The UK must remain an international leader in the fight against tax dodging as it leaves the European Union next year, an all-parliamentary group heard yesterday.
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23 Jan 18
Global growth could see a short-term boost as a result of US tax policy changes attracting corporate investments, the International Monetary Fund has said.