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1 Oct 18
The US, Canada and Mexico have reached a “new, modernised trade agreement” to replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement.
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1 Oct 18
A lack of investment in infrastructure threatens to halt growth progress in South Asia and is a “roadblock” to addressing poverty, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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28 Sep 18
Pakistan’s premier Imran Khan is putting his government’s eight buffaloes up for sale as part of his continued efforts to replenish the public coffers.
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28 Sep 18
Italy’s populist government has put its relationship with the EU in jeopardy after agreeing higher spending plans, as it tries to end poverty with its first budget.
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27 Sep 18
The Word Bank has approved $80m in loans to Somalia to assist with public finance reforms, marking the first funding for the government in more than 30 years.
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27 Sep 18
World leaders have pledged to give $15bn a year by 2022 to fund tuberculosis prevention and care programme.
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27 Sep 18
Argentina will receive the biggest bailout package ever from the International Monetary Fund to help the country restore its economy faster, Christine Lagarde has announced.
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27 Sep 18
Countries are not “winning the war” against hunger and need to work together to invest in agriculture, the head of the African Development Bank has said.
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27 Sep 18
The UK’s Department for International Development has “significant weaknesses” in contract management with commercial suppliers, a watchdog has found.
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26 Sep 18
The Jamaican finance ministry is drafting a new public financial management policy to respond to natural disasters, the finance and public service minister has confirmed.
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25 Sep 18
Finance ministries around the world are still not getting to grips with reducing gender inequality through budging, CIPFA’s international conference heard.
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25 Sep 18
The world may never win the fight against corruption but governments must ensure they stay on top of issues, CIPFA’s head of counter fraud training has said.
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25 Sep 18
The public sector accountancy profession needs to be made more attractive to ensure that young talent stays and helps countries develop, an African Union director has said.
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24 Sep 18
Finance professionals should step out of their “technical bubble” if they want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, an Overseas Development Institute director has urged.
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24 Sep 18
Poor countries need to collectively spend an additional $520bn a year on key public services and infrastructure if they are going to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, according to...
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24 Sep 18
Political drive is essential for public financial management reforms to be successful, a panel discussing transforming PFM at CIPFA’s international conference agreed.
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24 Sep 18
Auditors need to be a driver for positive change and not seen as “merely a luxury” by governments around the world, the head of an umbrella group has said.
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21 Sep 18
A further one million children in Yemen have been identified as being at risk of famine with food and fuel prices increasing, an NGO has warned.
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21 Sep 18
The European Commission has given €26.5m to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic.
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20 Sep 18
The former Malaysian prime minister has been charged with 21 additional counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power.
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19 Sep 18
Sierra Leone is strengthening its tax system to ensure that it can cover its budget deficit and basic salaries – a task that is “quite challenging” – the new finance minister has told PF...
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19 Sep 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved $110m for Bangladesh’s urban healthcare services.
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19 Sep 18
Canada should scale up its international aid to match its commitment to development, the OECD Development Assistance Committee has urged.
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19 Sep 18
The US and China have imposed new tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of goods, marking the biggest round of US tariffs so far in the escalating trade war.
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18 Sep 18
Four of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies could be avoiding paying about $3.8bn in corporate tax, Oxfam has warned.