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8 Feb 18
South Africa’s budget speech should still go ahead on 21 February, despite the president’s state of the nation address being postponed, the parliament has said.
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8 Feb 18
The Social Democrats (SPD) will take charge of the finance ministry in the new German government, as it agreed a coalition deal with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union.
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8 Feb 18
The central bank of Bangladesh is to sue a Philippine bank over its role in the world’s biggest cyber-heist two years ago, a government official has said.
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8 Feb 18
The European Commission has approved an investment package of €98.2m to improve citizens’ quality of lives in member states.
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8 Feb 18
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board is asking for feedback on proposed updates to its requirements for lease accounting.
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7 Feb 18
The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
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6 Feb 18
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board is seeking views on its draft strategy and work plan for the period 2019-23.
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5 Feb 18
Liberia and the World Bank have signed a $24.67m grant agreement to boost economic transformation and governance in the west African country.
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5 Feb 18
The UK and China have agreed deals worth more than £9.3bn following a three-day trade mission in China by British prime minister Theresa May.
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5 Feb 18
Germany’s two main parties are yet to strike a deal on healthcare and labour policies during coalition talks.
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5 Feb 18
Donor countries pledged $2.3bn in financing for global education by 2020 against a target of $3.1bn at the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference last week.
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2 Feb 18
South African president Jacob Zuma has asked prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him, the state prosecutor said on Thursday.
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2 Feb 18
The UK’s £225m pledge to the “global learning crisis” is disappointing and falls short of what was expected, MPs on the international development committee have said.
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1 Feb 18
India's finance minister has unveiled the “world’s largest healthcare programme” in a surprise move as part of the last budget before the election next year.
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1 Feb 18
Developing countries are missing out on at least $308m every day because they do not educate girls to the same level as boys, an advocacy group has said.
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31 Jan 18
South Korea has no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, the finance minister confirmed last week, following speculation it could follow China’s example and block all virtual coin platforms.
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31 Jan 18
Saudi Arabia has said the government will seize more than $100bn through its corruption crack-down, with more than 50 royals and businessmen arrested.
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31 Jan 18
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
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30 Jan 18
Liberia’s newly sworn-in president has pledged to cut his own salary by 25% to fix the country’s “broken” economy.
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30 Jan 18
Some government employees in Argentina will not receive pay rises this year because of spending cuts, the president has said.
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30 Jan 18
Efforts to make budgets more transparent have stalled for the first time in a decade, a survey by the International Budget Partnership has found.
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29 Jan 18
Growth in the African island country of Cape Verde is buoyant and likely to hit 4.3% this year, according to an International Monetary Fund review.
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29 Jan 18
The Pakistani government has introduced public sector auditing reforms to align its accounting procedures with international standards.
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29 Jan 18
South Africans will have to “bear some pain” as a result of the “tough decisions” made in the budget to stabilise the country’s debt, the finance minister has said.
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26 Jan 18
German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Europe should not complain when countries, like the US, change their tax systems but instead respond by reforming its own.
8 Feb 18South Africa’s budget speech should still go ahead on 21 February, despite the president’s state of the nation address being postponed, the parliament has said.
8 Feb 18The Social Democrats (SPD) will take charge of the finance ministry in the new German government, as it agreed a coalition deal with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union.
8 Feb 18The central bank of Bangladesh is to sue a Philippine bank over its role in the world’s biggest cyber-heist two years ago, a government official has said.
8 Feb 18The European Commission has approved an investment package of €98.2m to improve citizens’ quality of lives in member states.
8 Feb 18The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board is asking for feedback on proposed updates to its requirements for lease accounting.
7 Feb 18The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
6 Feb 18The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board is seeking views on its draft strategy and work plan for the period 2019-23.
5 Feb 18Liberia and the World Bank have signed a $24.67m grant agreement to boost economic transformation and governance in the west African country.
5 Feb 18The UK and China have agreed deals worth more than £9.3bn following a three-day trade mission in China by British prime minister Theresa May.
5 Feb 18Donor countries pledged $2.3bn in financing for global education by 2020 against a target of $3.1bn at the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference last week.
2 Feb 18South African president Jacob Zuma has asked prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him, the state prosecutor said on Thursday.
2 Feb 18The UK’s £225m pledge to the “global learning crisis” is disappointing and falls short of what was expected, MPs on the international development committee have said.
1 Feb 18India's finance minister has unveiled the “world’s largest healthcare programme” in a surprise move as part of the last budget before the election next year.
31 Jan 18South Korea has no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, the finance minister confirmed last week, following speculation it could follow China’s example and block all virtual coin platforms.
31 Jan 18Saudi Arabia has said the government will seize more than $100bn through its corruption crack-down, with more than 50 royals and businessmen arrested.
31 Jan 18CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
30 Jan 18Some government employees in Argentina will not receive pay rises this year because of spending cuts, the president has said.
30 Jan 18Efforts to make budgets more transparent have stalled for the first time in a decade, a survey by the International Budget Partnership has found.
29 Jan 18Growth in the African island country of Cape Verde is buoyant and likely to hit 4.3% this year, according to an International Monetary Fund review.
29 Jan 18The Pakistani government has introduced public sector auditing reforms to align its accounting procedures with international standards.
26 Jan 18German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Europe should not complain when countries, like the US, change their tax systems but instead respond by reforming its own.
