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26 Oct 17
Thailand’s military government set aside 3bn baht ($90m/£70m) for the funeral of the late king, which took place this week
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25 Oct 17
The Asian Development Bank has announced today it will give Armenia a $40m loan to improve its fiscal sustainability and development of financial markets.
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25 Oct 17
The Ukraine government plans to increase health spending by 12% next year following attempts to crack down on corruption in hospitals and surgeries, Reuters has reported.
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24 Oct 17
Ghana’s public authorities will replace their financial management systems to tackle issues of transparency and ensuring good governance, the finance minister has said.
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23 Oct 17
Cambodia should prepare for greater fiscal risk from a more vulnerable financial sector and weaker-than-expected growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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20 Oct 17
The US Senate has passed a budget blueprint that paves way for president Donald Trump’s tax cuts.
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19 Oct 17
Spain has cut its growth forecasts for 2018 as a result of the political crisis in Catalonia, the government has said.
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19 Oct 17
South Korea and China have extended a currency swap deal for another three years.
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19 Oct 17
Ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been indicted over corruption allegations linked to property in London.
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19 Oct 17
China’s economy grew by 6.8% between July and September, official data has shown.
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19 Oct 17
Technology is the “way forward” in the fight against corruption in Africa, the president of Mauritius has said.
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19 Oct 17
Almost a million dollars have been illegally removed from the Marshall Islands government’s US-based trust fund, officials have reportedly said.
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18 Oct 17
Stronger public financial management is key if the Guinea government is to better support its investments, the IMF has said.
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16 Oct 17
Governments should invest more in human beings and the social services that support them as means of growing their economies, the World Bank president has urged.
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16 Oct 17
Stronger financial protections for developing countries and policies to prevent a potential financial crisis should be prioritised, campaigners have said.
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13 Oct 17
US president Donald Trump will cut billions in subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income citizens.
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13 Oct 17
New Zealand has delivered a third fiscal surplus, worth NZ$4.1bn (£2.22bn), but this “should be interpreted with caution”, the country’s finance minister has said.
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11 Oct 17
The annual global medical bill for treating obesity could reach $1.2trn by 2025, experts have warned.
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11 Oct 17
Public-private partnerships are too expensive, high risk and “encourage corruption and bad decision-making”, civil society organisations said as they launched a campaign to stop their...
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11 Oct 17
Cambodia’s public finance management system has been “substantially strengthened” at a central level, the World Bank has reportedly said.
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10 Oct 17
The escalating levels of debt and growth of liquidity across the world could cause another financial crisis, the departing German finance minister has warned.
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10 Oct 17
Governments should change the way they account for minerals receipts to get a true picture of the revenue they bring in, says Rahul Basu and Daryl DaCosta from the Goa Foundation.
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9 Oct 17
The Cypriot economy still faces “sizeable downside risks”, with high private sector debt and a high proportion of non-performing loans.
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3 Oct 17
The UK has announced plans to clamp down on the risk of profiteering, excessive charges and unscrupulous practices as part of a new reform on aid suppliers.
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30 Sep 17
The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory with a population of just 37,000, was hit by a multitude of economic events that led to its near financial collapse. CIPFA-qualified public...