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19 May 15
The Russian economy is expected to hit a protracted recession in the next two years as a result of the slump in oil prices and the impact of Western sanctions and geopolitical tensions following the...
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19 May 15
Portugal has completed the demanding economic reforms required as part of its eurozone bailout and the country is beginning to see the benefits of the programme, the Organisation for Economic Co-...
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19 May 15
The government of Tunisia must become more transparent if it is to complete its economic transformation following the Arab Spring, a senior International Monetary Fund figure has said.
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14 May 15
Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
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13 May 15
African countries preparing to move into extractive industries need to put appropriate tax arrangements in place quickly or risk missing out on the revenue potential, an international tax expert has...
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12 May 15
Social media highlights of the morning plenaries on the first full day of the Africa Congress of Accountants 2015 in Mauritius.
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11 May 15
Public Finance International attended the opening ceremony of ACOA 2015 in Mauritius on Monday 11 May, 2015.
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11 May 15
The third Africa Congress of Accountants opened in Mauritius today with a plea for better public sector accountancy, from training through to financial monitoring and reporting.
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5 May 15
Like many African countries, Nigeria struggles to collect the taxes it needs to fund its social and economic ambitions. Judith Ugwumadu reports on barriers to better revenue raising
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28 Apr 15
Data-driven delivery is the way forward for public services, US presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley told a high-level conference in London this week.
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27 Apr 15
The Asian Development Bank is preparing a $3m grant of assistance to Nepal after a powerful earthquake struck the country on Saturday, killing more than 4,000 people.
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21 Apr 15
Ministers from across Africa have said additional funding for low-carbon energy schemes across the continent must be part of any global deal to tackle climate change reached later this year.
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21 Apr 15
Councils in South Australia need to continue to work closely together and share resources, the state’s local government minister told Public Finance International.
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15 Apr 15
Global growth remains moderate, but forecasts across the major economies will be uneven, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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10 Apr 15
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has warned that the slow rate of economic global growth, which she dubbed the ‘new mediocre’, risked becoming the ‘new reality...
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8 Apr 15
Aid spending by the world’s richest nations was stable last year, but assistance given to the least-developed countries fell by 16% compared to 2013, new data from the Organisations for...
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1 Apr 15
The World Bank is to provide $73.6m for a road improvement programme in Mozambique to help repair roads affected by floods in the country.
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1 Apr 15
The Russian economy is expected to hit a protracted recession in the next two years as a result of the slump in oil prices and the impact of Western sanctions and geopolitical tensions following the...
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1 Apr 15
The government of Tunisia must become more transparent if it is to complete its economic transformation following the Arab Spring, a senior International Monetary Fund figure has said.
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30 Mar 15
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with two accountancy bodies in Malaysia to boost public financial management in the Southeast Asian country.
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25 Mar 15
CIPFA has been confirmed as the first official global media partner for the African Congress of Accountants (ACOA).
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20 Mar 15
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to boost public financial management in the West African country.
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29 Jan 15
British MPs have raised questions about the integrity of investments made by the Private Infrastructure Development Group, an agency that receives a large amount of funding from the UK Department for...
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19 Jan 15
The European Court of Auditors has published its work programme for 2015, saying it aims to make the institution’s audit reports ‘more relevant than ever’ to the challenges the...
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16 Dec 14
European Union investments in airports are not value for money, auditors said today as they highlighted a failure of long-term profitable planning.