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16 Oct 15
Major pension reforms in Mexico have helped it improved its financial sustainability, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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11 Oct 15
The sovereign debt crisis has not gone away. And, as markets become more turbulent, only reform of global financial governance will cast light on governments’ true performance
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8 Oct 15
Rich countries invested $62bn in developing countries in 2014 in order to tackle climate change, up from $52bn the previous year, a report has found.
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8 Oct 15
Ghana has become the 50th member and ninth African country to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Centre.
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8 Oct 15
Large-scale migration from poor countries to richer regions across the world will “reshape economic development” for decades, a joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund report has...
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7 Oct 15
The vast humanitarian crisis unfolding on the EU’s doorstep highlights the importance of scrutinising international aid spending much more closely
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7 Oct 15
Cities power the world economy. They have become the engines of growth. This once seemed the ultimate urban cliché. Now it has the ring of truth.
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7 Oct 15
Sovereign wealth funds may help developing countries to manage natural resources but are not a panacea for economic growth, MEFMI’s executive director warned delegates.
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7 Oct 15
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa must respond to demands for better living standards by taxing natural resources more effectively, an international conference heard this week.
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6 Oct 15
Read the Autumn 2015 edition of PFI Magazine, featuring interviews with the World Bank’s Arunma Oteh and newly appointed IPSASB chair Ian Carruthers, plus a cover feature examining the finances of...
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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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1 Oct 15
Arunma Oteh, new vice president and treasurer at the World Bank, talks exclusively to PFI about thinking big on global development goals, ending poverty and her ambitions for the job
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1 Oct 15
Critics say plans to end South Africa’s energy crisis by spending billions on nuclear power are being hatched in the dark
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1 Oct 15
Global growth will be “disappointing and uneven” in 2015, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned as she urged governments worldwide to upgrade their fiscal policies....
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30 Sep 15
Vietnam needs to build on its agricultural policy achievements in order to boost its economic growth, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has said.
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25 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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24 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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18 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Latin American & Caribbean you might have missed.
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16 Sep 15
A shift in policy is needed to offset the slowdown in global growth, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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15 Sep 15
A drought and serious crop losses in Haiti have hit the country’s economy hard, the International Monetary Fund has concluded.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Europe you might have missed.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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4 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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4 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.