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6 Oct 15
Governance improvements across the African continent continue to stall, according to the 2015 Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
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5 Oct 15
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has overhauled the international rules governing the taxation of company profits. These revised rules are expected to be adopted by leaders...
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5 Oct 15
There is a need for a framework for more consistent financial reporting for not-for-profit organisations working across the globe.
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30 Sep 15
Ian Carruthers takes the helm at the Toronto-based IPSASB in the new year. He’s got big plans for raising public financial management standards worldwide
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25 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Europe you might have missed.
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18 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Europe you might have missed.
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15 Sep 15
The European Court of Auditors has criticised “persistent problems” in the way public authorities across the European Union contract out work, warning that if improvements are not made by...
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14 Sep 15
Ian Carruthers, executive director for policy and standards at CIPFA, has been appointed chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board.
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11 Sep 15
The World Bank is funding a $50m programme for Kenya’s statistics bureau to help it improve the quality of the data it produces to support policymaking.
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24 Aug 15
The EPSAS train has pulled out of the station. But how long before it reaches the destination of harmonised public sector accounting standards across 28 EU member states?
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20 Aug 15
CIPFA and the Botho University in Botswana have launched a public financial management training qualification for accountancy students studying in the southern African country.
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14 Aug 15
Nigeria is to start to implement international public sector accounting standards (IPSAS) in January 2016, according to the country's accountant-general Ahmed Idris.
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11 Aug 15
Greece and its creditors have agreed the substance of a multi-billion bailout deal to avert bankruptcy and keep the country in the eurozone, according to Greece’s finance minister Euclid...
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11 Aug 15
The Asian Development Bank is to lend $27.5m to Nepal, which the country will use for budget support to help it recover from its two devastating earthquakes.
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10 Aug 15
The UK has launched a specialist unit, backed with funding worth £21m, to investigate cases of international corruption across the developing world.
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6 Aug 15
Ghana and the UK today confirmed a deal to automatically exchange tax data on citizens by 2018, helping the west African nation clamp down on tax evaders and raise extra revenue for public services...
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5 Aug 15
Can the adoption of international accounting standards change the world’s view of Greek debt?
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3 Aug 15
The British Virgin Islands had the highest rate of tax compliance out of 12 countries reviewed by the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
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30 Jul 15
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has launched a consultation on the creation of the new accounting standard on social and welfare spending.
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24 Jul 15
US & Canada round-up: Canadian government facing $1bn deficit, and more
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21 Jul 15
As the guardians of good governance, auditors need to show that they too are efficient, effective and transparent. We need to move away from paper and embrace technology.
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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16 Jul 15
The Greek parliament yesterday approved a series of austerity measures to save the country from collapse and enable an €86bn three-year bailout package to go ahead.
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13 Jul 15
Europe’s track record in public finance accounting “is not that good” and lessons must be learnt now, the chief executive of the Federation of European Accountants told CIPFA’...
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10 Jul 15
The former president of Nigeria’s accounting institute has called for a strategy to ensure politicians and other decision makers can understand financial statements.
6 Oct 15Governance improvements across the African continent continue to stall, according to the 2015 Ibrahim Index of African Governance.
5 Oct 15The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has overhauled the international rules governing the taxation of company profits. These revised rules are expected to be adopted by leaders...
5 Oct 15There is a need for a framework for more consistent financial reporting for not-for-profit organisations working across the globe.
30 Sep 15Ian Carruthers takes the helm at the Toronto-based IPSASB in the new year. He’s got big plans for raising public financial management standards worldwide
25 Sep 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Europe you might have missed.
15 Sep 15The European Court of Auditors has criticised “persistent problems” in the way public authorities across the European Union contract out work, warning that if improvements are not made by...
14 Sep 15Ian Carruthers, executive director for policy and standards at CIPFA, has been appointed chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board.
11 Sep 15The World Bank is funding a $50m programme for Kenya’s statistics bureau to help it improve the quality of the data it produces to support policymaking.
24 Aug 15The EPSAS train has pulled out of the station. But how long before it reaches the destination of harmonised public sector accounting standards across 28 EU member states?
14 Aug 15Nigeria is to start to implement international public sector accounting standards (IPSAS) in January 2016, according to the country's accountant-general Ahmed Idris.
11 Aug 15Greece and its creditors have agreed the substance of a multi-billion bailout deal to avert bankruptcy and keep the country in the eurozone, according to Greece’s finance minister Euclid...
11 Aug 15The Asian Development Bank is to lend $27.5m to Nepal, which the country will use for budget support to help it recover from its two devastating earthquakes.
6 Aug 15Ghana and the UK today confirmed a deal to automatically exchange tax data on citizens by 2018, helping the west African nation clamp down on tax evaders and raise extra revenue for public services...
5 Aug 15Can the adoption of international accounting standards change the world’s view of Greek debt?
24 Jul 15US & Canada round-up: Canadian government facing $1bn deficit, and more
17 Jul 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
16 Jul 15The Greek parliament yesterday approved a series of austerity measures to save the country from collapse and enable an €86bn three-year bailout package to go ahead.
13 Jul 15Europe’s track record in public finance accounting “is not that good” and lessons must be learnt now, the chief executive of the Federation of European Accountants told CIPFA’...
