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9 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
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9 Feb 16
There has been a threefold increased in the size of the middle class in eastern European and central Asian nations since 2001, according to the United Nations Development Programme.
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5 Feb 16
Private interests are able to influence the politics of many developed countries by exploiting loopholes or lax regulation of political party funding and campaign donations, the OECD has found.
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3 Feb 16
India has gone ahead with structural reforms to its tax policy institutions with the formation of two new bodies it hopes will achieve a more coherent and independent approach to analysing new...
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27 Jan 16
Over two-thirds of countries have been judged to have corruption problems, the latest review by Transparency International has found, but many nations have made improvements in the last year.
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26 Jan 16
The security and stability challenges the European Union faces require closer, better coordinated collective action, according to the commissioner for international cooperation and development.
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26 Jan 16
The European Commission's response to the financial crisis of the late 2000s was "generally weak", with measures not applied consistently and lacking in thorough scrutiny, auditors have said.
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22 Jan 16
Transparency International has today welcomed the launch of a new anti-corruption body in Honduras, which will tackle criminals within the nation’s political, judicial and security systems.
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22 Jan 16
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19 Jan 16
How people perceive levels of corruption within a country frequently do not align with reality.
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4 Jan 16
Reforms intended to end the need for taxpayers to bail out crisis-hit eurozone banks came into effect on 1 January.
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15 Dec 15
The Inter-American Development Bank will loan Chile $130m to fight corruption and increase transparency in public spending, including procurement.
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9 Dec 15
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has used this year’s Anti-Corruption Day to hail dramatic progress in global attitudes, noting that the fight against corruption has been enshrined in the...
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9 Dec 15
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has established a consultative advisory group (CAG) to enable dialogue with key stakeholders such as governments, parliamentarians, audit...
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8 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced more than €100m to support decentralisation and local governance in Ukraine.
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3 Dec 15
Colombia is to implement a programme to strengthen its fiscal controls after agreeing a $30m support package from the Inter-American Development Bank.
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2 Dec 15
The former president of a defence contractor has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in providing $1.2m in bribe payments to US army contracting personnel.
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2 Dec 15
The African Development Bank has reached a settlement with Japanese firm Hitachi after two of its subsidiaries were alleged to have paid bribes to win contracts for work on an AfDB-funded project.
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1 Dec 15
The majority of Africans think corruption has risen in the past year and that their governments are failing to prevent abuses of power, bribery and secret deals, Transparency International has found...
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1 Dec 15
Delegates at a conference in Côte d’Ivoire have called for state fragility to be systematically integrated into infrastructure investments in Africa and for a renewed push for greener,...
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30 Nov 15
The United Nation’s International Labour Organisation has called for collective bargaining, consensus and social dialogue in rebuilding the Greek labour market.
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27 Nov 15
The African Development Bank has approved substantial loans for transport, economic governance and inclusive growth in countries across Africa.
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27 Nov 15
Systemic reform to humanitarian aid will be crucial in ensuring it can adapt to and cope with an increasingly “complex and scary” landscape, attendees of a discussion at London’s Overseas Development...
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24 Nov 15
British parliamentarians are seeking views on international tax reforms following their endorsement by the G20 last week.
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23 Nov 15
Mongolia’s growing corruption problem needs to be a priority for its government, the OECD has urged.
9 Feb 16World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
9 Feb 16There has been a threefold increased in the size of the middle class in eastern European and central Asian nations since 2001, according to the United Nations Development Programme.
5 Feb 16Private interests are able to influence the politics of many developed countries by exploiting loopholes or lax regulation of political party funding and campaign donations, the OECD has found.
3 Feb 16India has gone ahead with structural reforms to its tax policy institutions with the formation of two new bodies it hopes will achieve a more coherent and independent approach to analysing new...
27 Jan 16Over two-thirds of countries have been judged to have corruption problems, the latest review by Transparency International has found, but many nations have made improvements in the last year.
26 Jan 16The security and stability challenges the European Union faces require closer, better coordinated collective action, according to the commissioner for international cooperation and development.
26 Jan 16The European Commission's response to the financial crisis of the late 2000s was "generally weak", with measures not applied consistently and lacking in thorough scrutiny, auditors have said.
22 Jan 16
4 Jan 16Reforms intended to end the need for taxpayers to bail out crisis-hit eurozone banks came into effect on 1 January.
15 Dec 15The Inter-American Development Bank will loan Chile $130m to fight corruption and increase transparency in public spending, including procurement.
9 Dec 15United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has used this year’s Anti-Corruption Day to hail dramatic progress in global attitudes, noting that the fight against corruption has been enshrined in the...
9 Dec 15The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has established a consultative advisory group (CAG) to enable dialogue with key stakeholders such as governments, parliamentarians, audit...
8 Dec 15The European Commission has announced more than €100m to support decentralisation and local governance in Ukraine.
3 Dec 15Colombia is to implement a programme to strengthen its fiscal controls after agreeing a $30m support package from the Inter-American Development Bank.
1 Dec 15The majority of Africans think corruption has risen in the past year and that their governments are failing to prevent abuses of power, bribery and secret deals, Transparency International has found...
1 Dec 15Delegates at a conference in Côte d’Ivoire have called for state fragility to be systematically integrated into infrastructure investments in Africa and for a renewed push for greener,...
30 Nov 15The United Nation’s International Labour Organisation has called for collective bargaining, consensus and social dialogue in rebuilding the Greek labour market.
27 Nov 15The African Development Bank has approved substantial loans for transport, economic governance and inclusive growth in countries across Africa.
27 Nov 15Systemic reform to humanitarian aid will be crucial in ensuring it can adapt to and cope with an increasingly “complex and scary” landscape, attendees of a discussion at London’s Overseas Development...
24 Nov 15British parliamentarians are seeking views on international tax reforms following their endorsement by the G20 last week.
23 Nov 15Mongolia’s growing corruption problem needs to be a priority for its government, the OECD has urged.
