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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.
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29 Sep 21
The US could default on its borrowing for the first time in its history as soon as next month, unless its statutory debt limit is lifted, according to Treasury secretary Janet Yellen.
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28 Sep 21
A data scandal involving International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva threatens the credibility of the Bretton Woods system, according to US senators.
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24 Sep 21
A Polish regional government scrapped an anti-LGBT resolution, becoming the first such authority in the country to do so amid rising tensions between Poland and the European Union that could see...
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22 Sep 21
Rapid growth in green bond values could represent a boom similar to the dotcom and sub-prime mortgage bubbles that burst in recent years, according to a global central banking institution.
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21 Sep 21
A bewildering array of standards is hampering public bodies’ efforts to match private sector sustainability reporting.
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20 Sep 21
Argentina's leader Alberto Fernandez has called for unity in the South American country, as it attempts to recover from a financial crisis exacerbated by Covid-19.
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14 Sep 21
Transparency rules, digitalisation and a code of conduct for officials sit at the heart of measures to strengthen government procurement processes, writes Ljupco Nikolovski, deputy prime minister of...
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10 Sep 21
A focus on building relationships with communities is vital to avoid controversy over resources allocation, argues Katie Ludwig of the Government Finance Officers Association.
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8 Sep 21
Poland faces the prospect of daily fines as European Union leaders step up their efforts against a controversial process to discipline judges.
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2 Sep 21
The US government lost more than $90bn of its emergency pandemic aid to fraud and error, a watchdog’s report has found.
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1 Sep 21
El Salvador’s legislative assembly has voted to create a $150m trust to help smooth the introduction of Bitcoin as an official currency next week.
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31 Aug 21
Solutions to fixing public procurement already exist – the challenge lies in the political will of governments to implement them.
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13 Aug 21
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has told politicians that corruption which has plagued the African National Congress poses an “existential threat”, after his predecessor Jacob Zuma was jailed...
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3 Aug 21
One month before El Salvador formally adopts Bitcoin as legal tender, the International Monetary Fund has published a warning that cryptocurrencies are “too volatile and unrelated to the real economy...
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2 Aug 21
Disagreements between Hungary and the European Union over compliance with EU law is unlikely to “completely jeopardise” access to Covid-19 recovery funds, according to rating’s agency Fitch.
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29 Jul 21
US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government’s $600bn of procurement spending each year in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing.
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27 Jul 21
A political crisis in Tunisia threatens a potential International Monetary Fund programme sought by the government, authorities have been warned.
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23 Jul 21
Sustainability considerations are becoming increasingly important for government investors, taking their place alongside traditional priorities such as return and stability, a report has found.
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8 Jul 21
The International Monetary Fund has agreed a deal to loan the Seychelles US$ 107 million due to the hit to tourism it suffered following Covid-19.