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11 Sep 15
The World Bank is funding a $50m programme for Kenya’s statistics bureau to help it improve the quality of the data it produces to support policymaking.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Europe you might have missed.
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11 Sep 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
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10 Sep 15
The eurozone needs a stronger and more unified voice in international financial institutions, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
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9 Sep 15
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has called on all 28 EU member states to endorse proposals for the emergency relocation of 160,000 refugees from Italy, Greece and Hungary.
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8 Sep 15
Belgium has been urged to reverse a decline in the size of its international aid budget.
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7 Sep 15
Public financial management in Zambia is both fragmented and outdated, and fails to capture internationally accepted best practice, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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7 Sep 15
Africa needs to embrace open data as part of the development agenda, Tanzania’s president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has said in a speech at the continent’s first conference on the issue.
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4 Sep 15
Kuwait’s significant fiscal buffer protected its economy from the fall in oil prices and has allowed the government to press ahead with increasing public spending, according to an analysis by...
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4 Sep 15
The International Monetary Fund has urged Macedonia to strengthen its public financial management system, warning that the country needed to rebuild its policy buffers to ensure macroeconomic...
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4 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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4 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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4 Sep 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin American and Caribbean you might have missed.
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4 Sep 15
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has made a powerful plea to the international community to protect migrant and refugee children from what is being called one of the biggest...
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3 Sep 15
Water management is one of Brazil’s most important challenges as population and economic growth, coupled with climate change, are expected to increase demand for water, the Organisation for...
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2 Sep 15
The United Nations Development Programme’s chief has said that the new “strong and visionary” sustainable development goals (SDGs) will help lift a generation out of poverty once...
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2 Sep 15
Infrastructure spending in Asia needs to be better-targeted the International Monetary Fund chief warned, as she called for strengthened fiscal policies to boost the region’s growth and...
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2 Sep 15
Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years if the current economic trends continue, a critical United Nations report has warned.
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1 Sep 15
CIPFA has backed a series of public sector governance changes proposed by the Irish government to improve transparency, but the institute also said Ireland could go further to enhance departmental...
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1 Sep 15
A UK government defence ship has been sent to the Caribbean country of Dominica to provide humanitarian support after extensive damage was caused when tropical storm Erika hit the country last week.
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1 Sep 15
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki Moon has urged legislators around the world to help drive forward the new sustainable development agenda.
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1 Sep 15
A “roadmap” for ambitious tax and public financial management reforms has been developed by the Punjab government, finance minister Ayesha Ghaus Pasha announced at the weekend.
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1 Sep 15
The Latvian government needs to step up its education reforms to reduce the proportion of people under 30 who are not in employment, education or training (NEET), the Organisation for Economic...
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28 Aug 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.