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20 Feb 18
South Africa has launched an online budget data portal to make information more accessible ahead of the finance minister’s budget speech on Wednesday.
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20 Feb 18
Countries around the world must strengthen the effectiveness of their tax systems to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and ensure inclusive growth, international organisations have said.
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20 Feb 18
The Dutch finance ministry has said the country’s tax policies should be further reformed after 72 errors were found in how the government processed tax deals with international companies.
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20 Feb 18
Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, called the Petro, will go on sale today in a bid to help the country’s economic problems.
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16 Feb 18
South African’s ruling party leader Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as the country’s new president after Jacob Zuma resigned amid pressure to step down.
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16 Feb 18
South Korea has agreed to pay the $2.64m bill for North Korea’s participation at the Winter Olympics from its unification ministry budget.
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16 Feb 18
The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
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15 Feb 18
The US shows it is not as keen on free-market competition as it might like to appear in its attitude to China's investment in Latin America, writes Gavin O'Toole.
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14 Feb 18
Japan’s economic growth slowed in the last quarter of 2017 to 0.5%, falling from a pace of 2.5% in the previous quarter, according to preliminary figures.
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12 Feb 18
Tanzania’s macroeconomic performance has been satisfactory with most quantitative targets met, though implementation of structural measures has lagged, an International Monetary Fund review of the...
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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.
20 Feb 18South Africa has launched an online budget data portal to make information more accessible ahead of the finance minister’s budget speech on Wednesday.
20 Feb 18Countries around the world must strengthen the effectiveness of their tax systems to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and ensure inclusive growth, international organisations have said.
20 Feb 18The Dutch finance ministry has said the country’s tax policies should be further reformed after 72 errors were found in how the government processed tax deals with international companies.
20 Feb 18Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, called the Petro, will go on sale today in a bid to help the country’s economic problems.
16 Feb 18South African’s ruling party leader Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as the country’s new president after Jacob Zuma resigned amid pressure to step down.
16 Feb 18South Korea has agreed to pay the $2.64m bill for North Korea’s participation at the Winter Olympics from its unification ministry budget.
16 Feb 18The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
15 Feb 18The US shows it is not as keen on free-market competition as it might like to appear in its attitude to China's investment in Latin America, writes Gavin O'Toole.
14 Feb 18Japan’s economic growth slowed in the last quarter of 2017 to 0.5%, falling from a pace of 2.5% in the previous quarter, according to preliminary figures.
12 Feb 18Tanzania’s macroeconomic performance has been satisfactory with most quantitative targets met, though implementation of structural measures has lagged, an International Monetary Fund review of the...
9 Feb 18The US Congress has passed a budget deal that will keep the federal government funded, following two recent shutdowns.
8 Feb 18The 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.
8 Feb 18William 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...
6 Feb 18The 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....
6 Feb 18The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board is seeking views on its draft strategy and work plan for the period 2019-23.
5 Feb 18Liberia and the World Bank have signed a $24.67m grant agreement to boost economic transformation and governance in the west African country.
5 Feb 18Germany’s two main parties are yet to strike a deal on healthcare and labour policies during coalition talks.
5 Feb 18Gender budgeting can do more than advance equality – it can provide an economic boost. However, it requires resources and commitment. Simone Rensch reports.
1 Feb 18India'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.
1 Feb 18Developing 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.
31 Jan 18South 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.
31 Jan 18CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
30 Jan 18CIPFA 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...
