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12 Jun 15
The European Union and International Monetary signed a €8m grant agreement to implement fiscal reform in the Balkans, with a particular focus on public financial management.
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27 May 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved Uganda’s Public Financial Management Act, saying it represents a major milestone.
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20 May 15
The World Bank is set to double results-based financing for education to $5bn over the next five years.
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20 May 15
Global economic growth is set to slow this year due to both sluggish output in a number of major emerging markets and weak expansion in advanced economies, the National Institute of Economic and...
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20 May 15
The eurozone economy looks set to strengthen this year as the European Central Bank’s expansionary monetary policies take effect, but governments need to do more to boost long-term growth, the...
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19 May 15
Three European Union member states – France, Germany and Portugal – have yet to adopt global audit standards, according to a survey by the Federation of European Accountants (FEE).
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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14 May 15
Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
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12 May 15
Social media highlights of the morning plenaries on the first full day of the Africa Congress of Accountants 2015 in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Rotimi Otomoso, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria talks to Public Finance International about what PAOs should do to be successful.
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12 May 15
Brian Blood of CAPA talks about the organisation's maturity model at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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11 May 15
Public Finance International attended the opening ceremony of ACOA 2015 in Mauritius on Monday 11 May, 2015.
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11 May 15
The third Africa Congress of Accountants opened in Mauritius today with a plea for better public sector accountancy, from training through to financial monitoring and reporting.
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21 Apr 15
Ministers from across Africa have said additional funding for low-carbon energy schemes across the continent must be part of any global deal to tackle climate change reached later this year.
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15 Apr 15
Global growth remains moderate, but forecasts across the major economies will be uneven, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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10 Apr 15
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has warned that the slow rate of economic global growth, which she dubbed the ‘new mediocre’, risked becoming the ‘new reality...
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1 Apr 15
The Russian economy is expected to hit a protracted recession in the next two years as a result of the slump in oil prices and the impact of Western sanctions and geopolitical tensions following the...
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10 Mar 15
The crisis in Ukraine has caused the European Union to bare its teeth and extend the reach of its sanctions policies on Russia. The effect on the EU market has been unprecedented and unpredictable.
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10 Mar 15
The crisis in Ukraine has caused the European Union to bare its teeth and extend the reach of its sanctions policies on Russia. The effect on the EU market has been unprecedented and unpredictable.
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9 Dec 14
A provisional 2015/16 budget for the European Union has been agreed that will focus on paying down the €23.4bn worth of unpaid bills across the economic bloc.
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13 Nov 14
IFAC chief executive Fayezul Choudhury talks to Public Finance International about the lessons for the accountancy profession from the financial crisis and how to encourage greater transparency.
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4 Nov 14
The IMF, bastion of ‘tough love’ austerity, has shifted gear on public infrastructure spending. PF reports from Washington on the thinking behind the new growth strategy
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7 Oct 14
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its global growth forecast for this year to 3.3%, down 0.1% on its July prediction.
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5 Jun 14
A round-up of recent public finance news articles from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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27 May 14
From the US to China, conurbations have become the new powerhouses of the economy, driving global growth. But what of the UK, where London dominates the rest – and ‘second-tier’...