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5 Sep 17
Work-related ill-health and injury is costing the EU 3.3 % of its GDP, equivalent to €476bn a year.
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31 Aug 17
The US’s real gross domestic product has increased at a higher rate than expected despite falls in state and local government expenditure, its Commerce Department has said.
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29 Aug 17
A debate has been sparked in Malaysia over how the country measures its gross domestic product (GDP).
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25 Aug 17
Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has received recommendations from the country’s budget committee aimed at improving the draft bill on accountability of the state budget.
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15 Aug 17
Malta’s ministry of finance is working towards introducing accrual accounting to all government departments over the next two and a half years.
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14 Aug 17
Japan's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter of this year as consumer and company spending picked up, official data has shown.
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2 Aug 17
Information technology systems of treasuries in seven states in India’s north east have been integrated with the India-wide Union Public Financial Management System, the nation’s finance...
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25 Jul 17
Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger has been elected chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s (IPSASB) Consultative Advisory Group (CAG).
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18 Jul 17
Household goods manufacturer RB has rebutted claims by Oxfam that it set up an international structure to avoid tax in developing countries.
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30 Jun 17
European Union funds intended to support young farmers are not being well targeted or linked to any defined outcomes or results, auditors have found.
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30 Jun 17
Dutch funding for development is at risk from cuts as well as the reclassification of refugee costs and climate finance as official development assistance (ODA), the OECD has warned.
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27 Jun 17
As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
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30 May 17
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12 May 17
Public Finance International talks to Sunaina Roshan Shrestha, a CIPFA member working in Nepal, about qualifications and breaking into the public sector
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4 May 17
Patchy transparency in Brazil has compromised the effectiveness of the country’s fiscal policies, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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2 May 17
European Court of Auditors president Klaus-Heiner Lehne talks to PF about reform, Brexit and the role of facts in a ‘post-truth’ world
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18 Apr 17
IPSASB has called for views on its proposals on how the public sector should deal with heritage items in its accounts.
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4 Apr 17
Almost all Caribbean nations have adopted IPSAS or are in the process of doing so, according to a recent study.
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29 Mar 17
Despite its reputation for fiscal prudence, Germany appears determined to stick with a cash-based rather than an accruals system. Why is this?
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22 Mar 17
Nigeria today launched an IPSAS-compliant accounting solution to be rolled out across the country’s federal, state and local government.
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20 Mar 17
Jennifer Thomson, director and chief financial management officer, operations policy and country services, World Bank, explains why IPSAS is important for the bank and gives IPSASB some guidance on...
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20 Mar 17
Jim Brumby, director of public service and performance at the World Bank's Governance Global Practice, discusses whether the bank is satisfied with the pace of accruals adoption and what it is doing...
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20 Mar 17
Ed Owolo-Okere, director of financial accountability and reporting at the World Bank's Governance Global Practice, talks about why the bank supports the shift to accrual accounting and what...
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17 Mar 17
6 March 2017IMF Headquarters, Washington DCOrganised by: International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)Supported by: CIPFA and Public...