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2 Mar 20
A party vowing to stamp out corruption has been given a big win in the Slovakian parliamentary elections on Saturday by an electorate angry at graft.
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27 Feb 20
The UK government’s international departments are set for a shake-up, after prime minister Boris Johnson launched a review into how the country can face its “global opportunities and challenges”...
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20 Feb 20
Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
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17 Feb 20
Audits are an essential part of the global financial system, but more needs to be done to ensure that their quality is consistently high, the president of the International Federation of Accountants...
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13 Feb 20
More than half of Malta’s traffic police officers have been arrested for fraud, including the force’s chief.
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13 Feb 20
By understanding the key factors that lead to unethical behaviour, we can all be prepared and take action to prevent it. This is part one of our two-part series on ethics.Part two will focus on...
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28 Jan 20
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his request for immunity from charges during his corruption scandal.
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28 Jan 20
Public finance leaders will inevitably face periods of instability, but there are strategies you can adopt to successfully get through them
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28 Jan 20
CIPFA has relaunched its Public Finance International website, as part of an ongoing evolution of the portal aimed at making a variety of new content and learning materials available to CIPFA members...
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24 Jan 20
Gender budgeting can do more than advance equality – it can provide an economic boost. However, it requires resources and commitment.
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23 Jan 20
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most corrupt region in the world, according to Transparency International.
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21 Jan 20
More needs to be done to assess the scale of gender inequality in public finance around the world, according to a network of women in the sector.
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21 Jan 20
Ukrainian ministers have been told to take pay cuts until they improve the country’s ailing economy.
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17 Jan 20
Brazil wants to privatise R$150bn of state assets in 2020, as the right-wing government continues its mission to shrink the state.
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13 Jan 20
A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
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8 Jan 20
A coalition of progressive parties will form Spain’s new government after nearly a year of political stalemate.
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6 Jan 20
France will retaliate if the US imposes tariffs on its cheese and champagne, the country’s finance minister has warned.
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19 Dec 19
Angola has recovered more than $5bn in stolen assets in 2019 as a result of its efforts to stamp out corruption.
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13 Dec 19
Countries need help when transitioning from receiving aid to self-sufficiency, academics have said, pointing to Botswana as a good example for poor countries to follow.
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12 Dec 19
“Drastic steps” will be taken to restore South Africa’s struggling state-owned enterprises to health, the country’s president has promised.
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11 Dec 19
Corruption is a barrier to creating a better, fairer and more equal society, a top UN official has said.
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10 Dec 19
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said questions must be asked after a devastating volcanic eruption on White Island left at least six people dead.
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9 Dec 19
The president of the Asian Development Bank has committed to working more closely with the private sector to strengthen good governance and anti-corruption measures.
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9 Dec 19
The managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva has hailed Ukraine’s “impressive” economic progress and approved a $5.5bn loan over three years.
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6 Dec 19
France’s Court of Audit has given authorities in the country 11 recommendations to fight tax fraud.
2 Mar 20A party vowing to stamp out corruption has been given a big win in the Slovakian parliamentary elections on Saturday by an electorate angry at graft.
27 Feb 20The UK government’s international departments are set for a shake-up, after prime minister Boris Johnson launched a review into how the country can face its “global opportunities and challenges”...
20 Feb 20Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
17 Feb 20Audits are an essential part of the global financial system, but more needs to be done to ensure that their quality is consistently high, the president of the International Federation of Accountants...
13 Feb 20More than half of Malta’s traffic police officers have been arrested for fraud, including the force’s chief.
13 Feb 20By understanding the key factors that lead to unethical behaviour, we can all be prepared and take action to prevent it. This is part one of our two-part series on ethics.Part two will focus on...
28 Jan 20Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his request for immunity from charges during his corruption scandal.
28 Jan 20Public finance leaders will inevitably face periods of instability, but there are strategies you can adopt to successfully get through them
28 Jan 20CIPFA has relaunched its Public Finance International website, as part of an ongoing evolution of the portal aimed at making a variety of new content and learning materials available to CIPFA members...
24 Jan 20Gender budgeting can do more than advance equality – it can provide an economic boost. However, it requires resources and commitment.
23 Jan 20Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most corrupt region in the world, according to Transparency International.
21 Jan 20More needs to be done to assess the scale of gender inequality in public finance around the world, according to a network of women in the sector.
21 Jan 20Ukrainian ministers have been told to take pay cuts until they improve the country’s ailing economy.
17 Jan 20Brazil wants to privatise R$150bn of state assets in 2020, as the right-wing government continues its mission to shrink the state.
13 Jan 20A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
8 Jan 20A coalition of progressive parties will form Spain’s new government after nearly a year of political stalemate.
6 Jan 20France will retaliate if the US imposes tariffs on its cheese and champagne, the country’s finance minister has warned.
19 Dec 19Angola has recovered more than $5bn in stolen assets in 2019 as a result of its efforts to stamp out corruption.
13 Dec 19Countries need help when transitioning from receiving aid to self-sufficiency, academics have said, pointing to Botswana as a good example for poor countries to follow.
12 Dec 19“Drastic steps” will be taken to restore South Africa’s struggling state-owned enterprises to health, the country’s president has promised.
11 Dec 19Corruption is a barrier to creating a better, fairer and more equal society, a top UN official has said.
10 Dec 19New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said questions must be asked after a devastating volcanic eruption on White Island left at least six people dead.
9 Dec 19The president of the Asian Development Bank has committed to working more closely with the private sector to strengthen good governance and anti-corruption measures.
6 Dec 19France’s Court of Audit has given authorities in the country 11 recommendations to fight tax fraud.
