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30 Sep 16
The International Monetary Fund has completed its first health check of the Argentinean economy in a decade, marking an end to years of distrust between Argentina and the fund.
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30 Sep 16
Brazil should pursue tougher austerity policies to bridge its substantial fiscal gap and pull its economy out of a painful recession, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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29 Sep 16
Most governments are falling short of good practice in public-private partnerships, the World Bank has found.
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29 Sep 16
MEPs have rejected all the cuts to the union’s draft 2017 budget proposed by the European Council earlier this month.
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29 Sep 16
The European Union’s budget chief Kristalina Georgieva has entered the race to become United Nations secretary general after fellow Bulgarian Irina Bokova failed to win the needed support.
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29 Sep 16
The World Bank’s board has unanimously reappointed incumbent president Jim Yong Kim for a second five year term, despite vocal objections from staff and international demand for a non-American...
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29 Sep 16
Pakistan has successfully completed its three-year, $6bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, and is set to receive its final $102m cash injection within the next few days.
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28 Sep 16
The European Commission has called for a mandatory lobbying register covering all three European Union institutions – the commission, the parliament and the council.
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28 Sep 16
China, India and Russia are the world’s deadliest countries for outdoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organisation.
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28 Sep 16
Policymakers must work to change the increasingly popular narrative that free trade only benefits the “fortunate few”, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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27 Sep 16
The African Development Bank is preparing to throw the Nigerian government a $1bn lifeline to help plug the substantial government deficit amid the country’s first recession in 20 years.
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27 Sep 16
Saudi Arabia has announced sudden cuts to pay and perks for government employees as the oil-dependent kingdom struggles to balance the books and adjust to low commodity prices.
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27 Sep 16
Professional accountancy examinations in Malaysia are to be brought in line with global standards, in a move to enhance the quality of chartered accountants in the country.
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27 Sep 16
The UK’s overseas development department has not done enough to ensure developing nations have a strong voice in the international fight against tax avoidance, according to the country’s aid watchdog...
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27 Sep 16
Any organisation can find opportunities for improvement if it looks for them. Redmond adopted CIPFA’s Financial Management Model to test how well it was doing in various areas and plan improvements...
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26 Sep 16
Six candidates have been put forward to take the helm of the World Health Organisation when its current director-general’s term expires next year.
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26 Sep 16
India, the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will formally ratify the world’s historic climate deal next month, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced.
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26 Sep 16
The European Union will launch its largest-ever humanitarian aid programme, based on providing monthly electronic cash payments to refugees in Turkey, today.
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26 Sep 16
Greece’s creditors need to offer more substantial relief options to tackle the country’s €248bn ($279bn) debt mountain, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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26 Sep 16
Nigeria has hunted down 700,000 tax-cheating firms and expects to identify 10 million non-tax paying individuals and make them pay up by December, the country’s tax chief has said.
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26 Sep 16
More than a quarter of the UK’s aid money will be spent by ministries other than its Department for International Development by 2020, forecasts have shown.
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23 Sep 16
The arm of the World Bank responsible for lending to the world’s poorest countries plans to tap into the capital markets to raise funds after securing a AAA credit rating.
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23 Sep 16
Anti-austerity policy reversals in Portugal are starting to rewind the country’s fragile economic recovery, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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23 Sep 16
The inclusion of the yuan in the International Monetary Fund’s special currency basket is an “important milestone” in China’s financial integration, fund officials said yesterday.
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23 Sep 16
The historic global climate deal brokered in Paris in 2015 is likely to come into force by the end of the year, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has said.