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21 Jul 15
The International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank have confirmed that they have been repaid by Greece.
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20 Jul 15
China has boosted its emerging role as one of the world’s major international aid donors, signing to an agreement with the World Bank to establish a $50m fund to reduce poverty.
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
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17 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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17 Jul 15
Social policies in South Africa have successfully lifted millions out of poverty and widened access to services like water, electricity and sanitation, but more needs to be done to raise tax revenues...
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16 Jul 15
The Greek parliament yesterday approved a series of austerity measures to save the country from collapse and enable an €86bn three-year bailout package to go ahead.
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16 Jul 15
The three-day international Financing for Development conference concluded today with participants agreeing on a series of bold measures to improve the financial systems of developing countries to...
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15 Jul 15
Governments across the globe need to improve online privacy and boost IT skills in order to help people transition to new types of digital jobs, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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15 Jul 15
World Trade Organisation director general Roberto Azevêdo called on development partners to continue working together to close major trade finance gaps in Africa and Asia.
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14 Jul 15
CIPFA members have approved a new governance structure for the institute, which chief executive Rob Whiteman said will help it change and adapt to meet the challenges of an increasingly international...
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14 Jul 15
United Nations international development chief Helen Clark has called for a new framework for aid spending that takes account of global challenges and improves access to finance for developing...
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14 Jul 15
Eurozone finance ministers have finally reached an agreement on how to address Greece’s banking and debt crisis, however a deal on a fresh government bailout still needs to be thrashed out.
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14 Jul 15
The multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund plan to extend more than $400bn in financing over the next three years in order to meet the new Sustainable Development Goals (...
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14 Jul 15
The United Nations hopes its “Tax Inspectors Without Borders” initiative will combat global tax dodging by helping developing countries strengthen their tax audit capabilities.
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13 Jul 15
A third of European Union co-financed waste water treatment plants in the Danube basin are oversized and potentially financially unsustainable, auditors said today.
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13 Jul 15
Europe’s track record in public finance accounting “is not that good” and lessons must be learnt now, the chief executive of the Federation of European Accountants told CIPFA’...
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10 Jul 15
The former president of Nigeria’s accounting institute has called for a strategy to ensure politicians and other decision makers can understand financial statements.
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10 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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10 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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10 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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7 Jul 15
Fayez Choudhury has told delegates at today’s CIPFA International Seminar that accountants have a moral duty to ensure their governments are properly scrutinised.
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7 Jul 15
Millionaire investor Paul Kazarian, who is buying up Greek bonds, has said that any future prosperity in the country is dependent on the government being clear about its debt levels to increase trust...
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7 Jul 15
CIPFA International chair Ian Ball has urged governments across the world to use balance sheets and accrual accounting to improve the transparency of their public finances.
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7 Jul 15
Many developed countries are likely to experience slower growth because they have levels of public sector debt greater than 80% of economic output, a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-...