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24 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
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24 Jul 15
Abenomics has worked, but Japan need to maintain its focus on economic and fiscal reform in order to bring about a “once-in-a-lifetime” regime shift, the International Monetary Fund said...
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23 Jul 15
Citizens in developed nations believe the world is not ready for another global epidemic like last year’s Ebola outbreak and have called for investment to reduce the threat posed by infectious...
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23 Jul 15
The International Monetary Fund has called on members of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union to further strengthen their public financial management systems following sluggish economic growth.
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22 Jul 15
The European Commission has given Ukraine €600m in financial assistance to implement public financial management reforms and boost the county’s energy sector.
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22 Jul 15
The BRICS group of emerging economies launched their own development bank in Shanghai yesterday to boost funding for infrastructure and development across the five countries.
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21 Jul 15
Maurice Obstfeld, an economic adviser to US President Barack Obama, has been appointed as the International Monetary Fund’s new chief economist and director of research.
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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
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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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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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.
24 Jul 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Europe you might have missed.
24 Jul 15Abenomics has worked, but Japan need to maintain its focus on economic and fiscal reform in order to bring about a “once-in-a-lifetime” regime shift, the International Monetary Fund said...
23 Jul 15Citizens in developed nations believe the world is not ready for another global epidemic like last year’s Ebola outbreak and have called for investment to reduce the threat posed by infectious...
23 Jul 15The International Monetary Fund has called on members of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union to further strengthen their public financial management systems following sluggish economic growth.
22 Jul 15The European Commission has given Ukraine €600m in financial assistance to implement public financial management reforms and boost the county’s energy sector.
22 Jul 15The BRICS group of emerging economies launched their own development bank in Shanghai yesterday to boost funding for infrastructure and development across the five countries.
21 Jul 15Maurice Obstfeld, an economic adviser to US President Barack Obama, has been appointed as the International Monetary Fund’s new chief economist and director of research.
21 Jul 15The International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank have confirmed that they have been repaid by Greece.
20 Jul 15China 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.
17 Jul 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
17 Jul 15A round-up of public finance news stories from Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.
17 Jul 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
17 Jul 15Social 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...
16 Jul 15The 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.
16 Jul 15The 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...
15 Jul 15Governments 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-...
15 Jul 15World Trade Organisation director general Roberto Azevêdo called on development partners to continue working together to close major trade finance gaps in Africa and Asia.
14 Jul 15CIPFA 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...
14 Jul 15United 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...
14 Jul 15The United Nations hopes its “Tax Inspectors Without Borders” initiative will combat global tax dodging by helping developing countries strengthen their tax audit capabilities.
14 Jul 15Eurozone 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.
14 Jul 15The 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 (...
13 Jul 15A third of European Union co-financed waste water treatment plants in the Danube basin are oversized and potentially financially unsustainable, auditors said today.
13 Jul 15Europe’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’...
