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17 May 16
The deputy head of the International Monetary Fund has warned Iran on the economic consequences of domestic monopolies and conflicts of interest across companies and banks.
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17 May 16
The UK’s Department for International Development must step up its work to tackle violence against women and girls to match the “huge” scale of the problem, the country’s Independent Commission for...
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17 May 16
CIPFA has launched a renewed International Public Sector Accounting Standards training programme at a forum in Malaysia.
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16 May 16
Tanzania has slashed 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll, saving government coffers more than $2m a month.
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16 May 16
Solar power in India is to get a $625m World Bank boost, enabling widespread installation of solar panels on rooftops across the country.
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16 May 16
The International Monetary Fund is considering new loans for Afghanistan as the country manages to implement reforms but the economy continues to stumble.
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16 May 16
Soaring demand for materials from developing and emerging countries means global resource consumption could double by 2050, the OECD has warned.
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16 May 16
Moody's has downgraded Saudi Arabia’s credit rating as the oil price slump hits the kingdom’s public finances.
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13 May 16
Several humanitarian aid operations funded by the US development agency to deliver aid to Syrians have been halted, following reports of corruption, the agency has announced.
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13 May 16
Guinea-Bissau’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and his entire government in a move that threatens to exacerbate the already tumultuous political climate.
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13 May 16
Pakistan looks set to receive its next half a billion dollar disbursement from the International Monetary Fund as the lender confirms the south Asian country has met programme targets.
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13 May 16
Yesterday’s Anti-Corruption Summit saw world leaders vow to double down on what UK prime minister David Cameron dubbed the “cancer” of corruption – however only a handful of countries announced firm...
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12 May 16
A public-private partnership in Uganda is seeing students from poorer, rural backgrounds outdo their wealthier peers, research has found, adding to a growing debate about the role of PPPs in...
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12 May 16
Campaigners are today challenging the investment of public funds in a poultry farming giant, which they say is causing environmental damage to rural communities in Ukraine.
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12 May 16
Kenya has announced it plans to close the world’s largest refugee camp and send hundreds of thousands of its residents back to war-torn Somalia.
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12 May 16
Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
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12 May 16
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has called for the return of billions of dollars which he said has been stolen from Nigeria and routed through the UK.
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11 May 16
Panama has agreed to share its financial account information automatically in order to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
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10 May 16
The commodity price slump is weighing heavily on Oman and the United Arab Emirates’ fiscal deficits, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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10 May 16
CIPFA is to help strengthen the capacity of public sector accountancy in Zimbabwe, it was announced yesterday.
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10 May 16
Greece has edged closer to unlocking the next tranche of much-needed bailout funds as eurozone finance ministers commit to look into how to ease the country’s debt burden.
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10 May 16
CIPFA president John Matheson has outlined “critical areas” where public service finance professionals should focus their efforts to meet challenges and capitalise on opportunities.
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10 May 16
British MPs have weighed into a row over the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, due to be held in Istanbul later this month, stressing that defending International Humanitarian Law (IHL) should be...
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9 May 16
Ecuador’s appeal for aid following last month’s devastating earthquake has received only 12% of the funds requested to help the country as it struggles to respond.
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9 May 16
Germany should step up its public and private investment to meet infrastructure needs and reduce the country’s large account surplus, the International Monetary Fund has said.