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7 Feb 22
Poland has started to row back on some of its actions that have angered the European Commission and held up billions of euros of Covid-19 recovery funds.
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4 Feb 22
The re-election of Sergio Mattarella as Italian president has been tipped by a ratings agency to help keep the country stable and increase the chances of unlocking EU Covid-19 recovery funding.
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1 Feb 22
The head of Norway’s wealth fund has warned that current rising inflation could herald a prolonged period of low returns.
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27 Jan 22
The OECD is set to open accession discussions with Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania, over potential membership of the organisation.
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27 Jan 22
South African officials failed to follow procurement rules when buying personal protective equipment at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, representing a “complete breakdown” of the system,...
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20 Jan 22
The chairman of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption agency has resigned amid efforts by a new government to draw up laws to intensify the country’s work combating widespread graft.
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13 Jan 22
Malaysia has said money it has recovered related to its state-owned scandal-hit fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad will only pay off the principal amount of its debt this year.
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20 Dec 21
The International Monetary Fund office in Brazil will close next year after the country’s finance minister criticised the fund for making “wrong predictions” about the economy.
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13 Dec 21
Poland’s justice minister has said the government could halt contributions to the European Union budget if officials in Brussels cut funding for Warsaw amid a battle over the rule of law.
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30 Nov 21
Improving Pakistan’s tax collection is the key to economic stability and reducing its reliance on foreign loans, prime minister Imran Khan has said.
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22 Nov 21
Covid-19’s long-term economic impact on growth in developed countries has been tipped to be far less severe than many anticipated at the start of the pandemic.
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15 Nov 21
Developed nations and finance organisations need to commit more funding to poorer countries after last weekend’s climate change agreement failed to set overarching targets, according to experts.
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10 Nov 21
Poland could withhold its financial contributions to the European Union if the bloc does not back down over a rule-of-law dispute delaying EU Covid-19 recovery funding from Brussels to Warsaw, a...
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10 Nov 21
The Ivorian government has pledged increased investment in schools, hospitals, and jobs in the northern territory of the nation, to give alternatives to extremism.
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8 Nov 21
Eliminating tax avoidance in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining sector would leave the region better able to support its population, particularly into the economic recovery from Covid-19, a top...
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8 Nov 21
More than half of all public sector organisations do not have specific policies to combat fraud in the Canadian province of British Columbia, a survey has found.
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29 Oct 21
Public finance leaders must take positive action to ensure all members of the team feel valued in the new era of hybrid working.
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26 Oct 21
Cultural resistance and poor-quality financial data present hurdles to achieving real-time auditing of public spending.
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25 Oct 21
Moldova and the International Monetary Fund have agreed a reform programme to help authorities maintain the economic recovery amid the threats of inflation and a possible resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
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22 Oct 21
Poland risks missing out on funding from the European Union after a court ruled national law takes precedence over those made in Brussels.
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20 Oct 21
A Swiss bank which made "tainted loans" for government projects in Mozambique has been fined $475m by UK and US authorities over "serious financial crime", and will also write off $200m of debt owed...
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18 Oct 21
Poland’s constitutional court ruling that Polish law takes precedence over EU laws has “meaningful risks to growth and governance” in the eastern European country, according to rating agency Fitch.
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12 Oct 21
Kristalina Georgieva has the “full confidence” of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board despite an investigation alleging she worked to artificially improve influential data in China’s...
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1 Oct 21
New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has resigned after corruption investigators announced they were looking into whether she had acted dishonestly regarding public grant funding.
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30 Sep 21
Governance and transparency reforms in the Republic of Congo would allow the government access to “much-needed financing”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
7 Feb 22Poland has started to row back on some of its actions that have angered the European Commission and held up billions of euros of Covid-19 recovery funds.
4 Feb 22The re-election of Sergio Mattarella as Italian president has been tipped by a ratings agency to help keep the country stable and increase the chances of unlocking EU Covid-19 recovery funding.
1 Feb 22The head of Norway’s wealth fund has warned that current rising inflation could herald a prolonged period of low returns.
27 Jan 22The OECD is set to open accession discussions with Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania, over potential membership of the organisation.
27 Jan 22South African officials failed to follow procurement rules when buying personal protective equipment at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, representing a “complete breakdown” of the system,...
20 Jan 22The chairman of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption agency has resigned amid efforts by a new government to draw up laws to intensify the country’s work combating widespread graft.
13 Jan 22Malaysia has said money it has recovered related to its state-owned scandal-hit fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad will only pay off the principal amount of its debt this year.
20 Dec 21The International Monetary Fund office in Brazil will close next year after the country’s finance minister criticised the fund for making “wrong predictions” about the economy.
30 Nov 21Improving Pakistan’s tax collection is the key to economic stability and reducing its reliance on foreign loans, prime minister Imran Khan has said.
22 Nov 21Covid-19’s long-term economic impact on growth in developed countries has been tipped to be far less severe than many anticipated at the start of the pandemic.
15 Nov 21Developed nations and finance organisations need to commit more funding to poorer countries after last weekend’s climate change agreement failed to set overarching targets, according to experts.
10 Nov 21The Ivorian government has pledged increased investment in schools, hospitals, and jobs in the northern territory of the nation, to give alternatives to extremism.
8 Nov 21Eliminating tax avoidance in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining sector would leave the region better able to support its population, particularly into the economic recovery from Covid-19, a top...
8 Nov 21More than half of all public sector organisations do not have specific policies to combat fraud in the Canadian province of British Columbia, a survey has found.
29 Oct 21Public finance leaders must take positive action to ensure all members of the team feel valued in the new era of hybrid working.
26 Oct 21Cultural resistance and poor-quality financial data present hurdles to achieving real-time auditing of public spending.
25 Oct 21Moldova and the International Monetary Fund have agreed a reform programme to help authorities maintain the economic recovery amid the threats of inflation and a possible resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
22 Oct 21Poland risks missing out on funding from the European Union after a court ruled national law takes precedence over those made in Brussels.
20 Oct 21A Swiss bank which made "tainted loans" for government projects in Mozambique has been fined $475m by UK and US authorities over "serious financial crime", and will also write off $200m of debt owed...
12 Oct 21Kristalina Georgieva has the “full confidence” of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board despite an investigation alleging she worked to artificially improve influential data in China’s...
1 Oct 21New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has resigned after corruption investigators announced they were looking into whether she had acted dishonestly regarding public grant funding.
30 Sep 21Governance and transparency reforms in the Republic of Congo would allow the government access to “much-needed financing”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
