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21 Mar 17
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to benchmark the sustainability of member states’ pension systems against the performance of the best.
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20 Mar 17
UK aid is to fund training courses in financial management, governance and cost effectiveness to smaller British organisations managing humanitarian projects around the world.
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20 Mar 17
A crisis over how to pay $862.5m per month in benefits relied upon by 17 million people in South Africa has been averted by the country’s constitutional court.
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20 Mar 17
G20 finance ministers have reined in their commitment to free trade as the US’s new anti-globalisation agenda interrupts the group’s decade-old tradition of resisting protectionism.
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17 Mar 17
Kenya’s president took aim at “staggering” civil service salaries in the country in his state of the nation speech to parliament earlier this week.
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17 Mar 17
Cash aid can deliver better prospects for women and girls in work, education and a host of other areas, according to the UK’s Overseas Development Institute.
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16 Mar 17
Dutch voters have roundly rejected creeping far-right politics in a general election widely considered to be a litmus test for the strength of resurgent nationalism in Europe.
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16 Mar 17
The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for just the third time since 2008 yesterday, as the American economy remains in robust health and inflation ticks towards the bank’s target.
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15 Mar 17
Latin America and the Caribbean should focus on boosting regional economic integration to drive growth, the World Bank has recommended.
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15 Mar 17
The OECD has congratulated Spain on its economic recovery just as the country is also buoyed by official figures showing inflation at a four-year high.
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15 Mar 17
Inflation in Nigeria fell for the first time since October 2015 last month, according to figures released yesterday by the country’s official statistics office.
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14 Mar 17
Poorer countries spent more on debt repayments in 2016 than at any time in the last decade, according to figures published by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK.
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13 Mar 17
Strengthening the notion of civil service as a vocation in developing countries is critical to building the institutions needed for sound economic governance, an International Monetary Fund official...
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13 Mar 17
The supposed benefits of switching to accrual accounting are backed up by evidence, Andreas Bergmann, former IPSASB chair and professor at Switzerland’s Zhaw School of Management and Law has...
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10 Mar 17
Policymakers everywhere will face the forces that have helped fuel global inequality, discontent and events like Brexit, the International Monetary Fund chief has predicted.
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10 Mar 17
Switching to accrual accounting can secure better credit ratings for governments, Fergus McCormick, chief economist and co-head of sovereign ratings at agency DBRS has said.
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10 Mar 17
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the euro is “irrevocable” while outlining a “more optimistic” outlook for the currency bloc yesterday.
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10 Mar 17
The international community should do more to drive the global adoption of accrual accounting, Jim Brumby, a director of the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice, has said.
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10 Mar 17
UK-funded aid projects to address irregular migration through the central Mediterranean are not yet effective, the country’s aid watchdog has warned.
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9 Mar 17
Stakeholders are still not using governments’ accrual-based financial information in a meaningful way, a senior policy analyst from the OECD has warned.
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7 Mar 17
Developing nations are now among the leaders in implementing sustainable energy practices, but there is much room for improvement, according to a global policy scorecard launched by the World Bank.
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7 Mar 17
The United Nations has called for $2.7bn to support the recovery of Haiti, which suffered widespread damage during Hurricane Matthew six months ago.
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7 Mar 17
Public sector finance chiefs from across the globe have met at a major conference in Washington DC to develop a plan to maintain progress in the adoption of accruals accounting worldwide.
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7 Mar 17
Rising protectionism presents a risk to an expected uptick in global growth, the OECD has warned.
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6 Mar 17
Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller has unveiled a 'Marshall Plan with Africa' to help the continent respond to future economic and labour market challenges.
21 Mar 17Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to benchmark the sustainability of member states’ pension systems against the performance of the best.
20 Mar 17UK aid is to fund training courses in financial management, governance and cost effectiveness to smaller British organisations managing humanitarian projects around the world.
20 Mar 17A crisis over how to pay $862.5m per month in benefits relied upon by 17 million people in South Africa has been averted by the country’s constitutional court.
20 Mar 17G20 finance ministers have reined in their commitment to free trade as the US’s new anti-globalisation agenda interrupts the group’s decade-old tradition of resisting protectionism.
17 Mar 17Kenya’s president took aim at “staggering” civil service salaries in the country in his state of the nation speech to parliament earlier this week.
17 Mar 17Cash aid can deliver better prospects for women and girls in work, education and a host of other areas, according to the UK’s Overseas Development Institute.
16 Mar 17Dutch voters have roundly rejected creeping far-right politics in a general election widely considered to be a litmus test for the strength of resurgent nationalism in Europe.
16 Mar 17The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for just the third time since 2008 yesterday, as the American economy remains in robust health and inflation ticks towards the bank’s target.
15 Mar 17Latin America and the Caribbean should focus on boosting regional economic integration to drive growth, the World Bank has recommended.
15 Mar 17The OECD has congratulated Spain on its economic recovery just as the country is also buoyed by official figures showing inflation at a four-year high.
15 Mar 17Inflation in Nigeria fell for the first time since October 2015 last month, according to figures released yesterday by the country’s official statistics office.
14 Mar 17Poorer countries spent more on debt repayments in 2016 than at any time in the last decade, according to figures published by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK.
13 Mar 17Strengthening the notion of civil service as a vocation in developing countries is critical to building the institutions needed for sound economic governance, an International Monetary Fund official...
13 Mar 17The supposed benefits of switching to accrual accounting are backed up by evidence, Andreas Bergmann, former IPSASB chair and professor at Switzerland’s Zhaw School of Management and Law has...
10 Mar 17Policymakers everywhere will face the forces that have helped fuel global inequality, discontent and events like Brexit, the International Monetary Fund chief has predicted.
10 Mar 17Switching to accrual accounting can secure better credit ratings for governments, Fergus McCormick, chief economist and co-head of sovereign ratings at agency DBRS has said.
10 Mar 17European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the euro is “irrevocable” while outlining a “more optimistic” outlook for the currency bloc yesterday.
10 Mar 17The international community should do more to drive the global adoption of accrual accounting, Jim Brumby, a director of the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice, has said.
10 Mar 17UK-funded aid projects to address irregular migration through the central Mediterranean are not yet effective, the country’s aid watchdog has warned.
7 Mar 17Developing nations are now among the leaders in implementing sustainable energy practices, but there is much room for improvement, according to a global policy scorecard launched by the World Bank.
7 Mar 17The United Nations has called for $2.7bn to support the recovery of Haiti, which suffered widespread damage during Hurricane Matthew six months ago.
7 Mar 17Public sector finance chiefs from across the globe have met at a major conference in Washington DC to develop a plan to maintain progress in the adoption of accruals accounting worldwide.
7 Mar 17Rising protectionism presents a risk to an expected uptick in global growth, the OECD has warned.
6 Mar 17Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller has unveiled a 'Marshall Plan with Africa' to help the continent respond to future economic and labour market challenges.
