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22 Jun 21
Professional accountancy organisations can be central to implementing, maintaining and strengthening effective public financial management, according to the Confederation of Asian and Pacific...
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22 Jun 21
Luxembourg’s credit outlook will not be heavily affected by the G7's international corporation tax proposals due to extraordinary levels of wealth, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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14 Jun 21
Israel’s new coalition government offers a path to a new budget, which will be a credit positive to the nation, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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14 Jun 21
Counterfeit or poor quality medical equipment proliferated in Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the European Union’s anti-fraud bureau.
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8 Jun 21
Russia was able to weather the Covid-19 pandemic with some resilience, despite reductions in global oil prices, ratings agency Moody’s said.
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8 Jun 21
Criticisms of ‘mutant’ algorithms might help get politicians off the hook but they do little to help public understanding of a potentially useful policy tool.
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8 Jun 21
El Salvador's president is pushing a new law to adopt Bitcoin as a legal currency, a move he said would help lift millions out of poverty in El Salvador.
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2 Jun 21
A newly created public prosecutor has begun work to reduce the €460m of fraud that affects European Union spending in a year.
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1 Jun 21
The Lebanese government’s deliberate inaction on imposing reforms has led to one of the greatest financial crises in the last two centuries, according to the World Bank Group.
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1 Jun 21
The Icelandic government has launched a privatisation of Islandsbanki, the bank it took control of in 2008 during the financial crisis.
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28 May 21
African countries have been urged to step up cooperation on tax to raise money needed to support their economies through the economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
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26 May 21
Growth in Central American and Caribbean nations is set to lag behind that in similarly-rated counterparts as Covid-19 exacerbates underlying financial weaknesses, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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26 May 21
Widespread lapses in accountability plagued the global response to Covid-19 and recovery efforts will require far stronger oversight, the International Budget Partnership has found.
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24 May 21
Peru’s credit outlook has been revised down to negative because of a polarised and fractured political system, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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21 May 21
Guatemalan authorities have detained critics of the government, including several investigators who built a corruption case against a former president.
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17 May 21
Ghana will need to focus on deeper fiscal efforts to help reduce debt costs, which increased due to Covid-19 support measures, an International Monetary Fund chief said.
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14 May 21
Finance ministries need to be at the forefront of the coordinated approach that governments need to take to deal with environmental challenges, a study has found.
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10 May 21
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund is suing nine institutions and 25 people in an attempt to recover money it said was lost during a corruption scandal that toppled a previous government.
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7 May 21
Qatar’s finance minister has been arrested amid allegations of misuse of public funds.
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21 Apr 21
Politicians in Nigeria’s major financial centre have set up an anti-corruption agency to investigate officials and contractors suspected of misusing public funds.
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13 Apr 21
India’s planned 111 trillion rupees (£1trn) investment in infrastructure will require the state to play a major role in attracting investment, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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7 Apr 21
The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
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30 Mar 21
Pakistan’s finance minister has been removed as part of prime minister Imran Khan’s drive to reduce inflation, according to the information minister.
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30 Mar 21
The European Union rescue fund aimed at allocating finance to member countries funded by common debt is compatible with EU treaties, Spain’s central bank chief said this week.
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30 Mar 21
Democracy demands that public auditors step up to provide assurance and accountability over governments’ use of algorithms, says Jan Roar Beckstrøm, deputy director general and chief data scientist...
22 Jun 21Professional accountancy organisations can be central to implementing, maintaining and strengthening effective public financial management, according to the Confederation of Asian and Pacific...
22 Jun 21Luxembourg’s credit outlook will not be heavily affected by the G7's international corporation tax proposals due to extraordinary levels of wealth, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
14 Jun 21Israel’s new coalition government offers a path to a new budget, which will be a credit positive to the nation, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
14 Jun 21Counterfeit or poor quality medical equipment proliferated in Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the European Union’s anti-fraud bureau.
8 Jun 21Russia was able to weather the Covid-19 pandemic with some resilience, despite reductions in global oil prices, ratings agency Moody’s said.
8 Jun 21Criticisms of ‘mutant’ algorithms might help get politicians off the hook but they do little to help public understanding of a potentially useful policy tool.
8 Jun 21El Salvador's president is pushing a new law to adopt Bitcoin as a legal currency, a move he said would help lift millions out of poverty in El Salvador.
2 Jun 21A newly created public prosecutor has begun work to reduce the €460m of fraud that affects European Union spending in a year.
1 Jun 21The Lebanese government’s deliberate inaction on imposing reforms has led to one of the greatest financial crises in the last two centuries, according to the World Bank Group.
1 Jun 21The Icelandic government has launched a privatisation of Islandsbanki, the bank it took control of in 2008 during the financial crisis.
28 May 21African countries have been urged to step up cooperation on tax to raise money needed to support their economies through the economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
26 May 21Growth in Central American and Caribbean nations is set to lag behind that in similarly-rated counterparts as Covid-19 exacerbates underlying financial weaknesses, according to ratings agency Fitch.
26 May 21Widespread lapses in accountability plagued the global response to Covid-19 and recovery efforts will require far stronger oversight, the International Budget Partnership has found.
24 May 21Peru’s credit outlook has been revised down to negative because of a polarised and fractured political system, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
21 May 21Guatemalan authorities have detained critics of the government, including several investigators who built a corruption case against a former president.
17 May 21Ghana will need to focus on deeper fiscal efforts to help reduce debt costs, which increased due to Covid-19 support measures, an International Monetary Fund chief said.
14 May 21Finance ministries need to be at the forefront of the coordinated approach that governments need to take to deal with environmental challenges, a study has found.
10 May 21Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund is suing nine institutions and 25 people in an attempt to recover money it said was lost during a corruption scandal that toppled a previous government.
7 May 21Qatar’s finance minister has been arrested amid allegations of misuse of public funds.
21 Apr 21Politicians in Nigeria’s major financial centre have set up an anti-corruption agency to investigate officials and contractors suspected of misusing public funds.
13 Apr 21India’s planned 111 trillion rupees (£1trn) investment in infrastructure will require the state to play a major role in attracting investment, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
7 Apr 21The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
30 Mar 21Pakistan’s finance minister has been removed as part of prime minister Imran Khan’s drive to reduce inflation, according to the information minister.
30 Mar 21The European Union rescue fund aimed at allocating finance to member countries funded by common debt is compatible with EU treaties, Spain’s central bank chief said this week.
30 Mar 21Democracy demands that public auditors step up to provide assurance and accountability over governments’ use of algorithms, says Jan Roar Beckstrøm, deputy director general and chief data scientist...
