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18 Jun 21
A US watchdog has identified what it says were 3,400 conflicts of interest during the tenure of former president Donald Trump
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15 Jun 21
Muhammad Afnan Alam explores the G7 commitment to push for at least a 15% global minimum rate of corporation tax.
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1 Jun 21
Policies for Covid-19 recovery should be targeted at creating new employment through start-up businesses, argue academics Petr Sedláček and Vincent Sterk.
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20 Apr 21
Defence spending is set to accelerate in 2021, but Covid-19 poses big questions about whether that growth is sustainable, writes Fenella McGerty.
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14 Apr 21
A new book argues that the US moon programme can inform a new approach to public procurement – but lands short
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1 Apr 21
Private creditors are making big profits from lending to developing countries during Covid-19. With poorer governments left with less to spend on tackling the pandemic, the need for debt cancellation...
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30 Mar 21
Democracy demands that public auditors step up to provide assurance and accountability over governments’ use of algorithms, says Jan Roar Beckstrøm, deputy director general and chief data scientist...
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22 Mar 21
Pakistan’s new micropayments system is set to speed up pay and pension payments for 2.7 million government employees, says Muhammed Afnan Alam.
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8 Mar 21
Two experts take opposing stances on the merits of a targeted tax on the rich, following a UK Commission finding a one-off wealth tax would help the country recover from the pandemic.
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2 Mar 21
Working backwards from plausible visions of the future can help public sector finance directors navigate uncertain times. Dr Trudi Lang and Rafael Ramirez from the University of Oxford’s Saïd...
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26 Feb 21
Counter fraud specialist Laura Hough explains the importance of taking a forward look at corruption risks an organisation faces, and of developing a culture that makes it easier to do the right thing.
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9 Feb 21
As the world looks ahead towards the end of the Covid-19 crisis, whenever that might come, it is time to reflect on the role taxes can play in rebuilding our economies, argue Pascal Saint-Amans and...
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15 Jan 21
Alastair Swarbrick outlines the issues faced by developing countries embarking on public financial management reform.
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14 Dec 20
Governments are facing one of the biggest ever challenges to their financial resilience because of the pandemic. Professor Ileana Steccolini outlines how the University of Essex and CIPFA are teaming...
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4 Dec 20
Claire Schouten and Vivek Ramkumar from the International Budget Partnership give examples of how cooperation between spending watchdogs and civil society have brought benefits for people.
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24 Nov 20
An Australian case shows the importance of providing complete advice to politicians.
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19 Nov 20
Thiago Uehara outlines the important role public procurement can play in development, helping to create more equal and sustainable societies.
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6 Oct 20
Co-founder of Public Finance by Women Gillian Fawcett outlines the results of a survey on whether gender has been properly taken into account in governments’ financial responses to the pandemic.
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2 Oct 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam takes an in-depth look at the economic crisis that has engulfed Lebanon, that predates the Beirut explosion and even Covid-19.
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25 Sep 20
The pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to engender a “green reboot” of the global economy, argues CIPFA’s chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
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17 Sep 20
Public financial management is vital for the long-term sustainability of public services, explains CIPFA’s head of international relations Salema Hafiz, and coming together as a profession to...
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16 Sep 20
Africa needs fiscal space to deal with the pandemic, and it needs help from its creditors to get it, according to Senegalese president Micky Sall. Author NJ Ayuk explains why this doesn’t go far...
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21 Aug 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam outlines the role Sukuks are expected to play this year and beyond in Asia and the Middle East, as Covid-19 and low oil prices shake economies.
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11 Aug 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam explores different Asian government's digital approaches to Covid-19, identifying successes across the continent.
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4 Aug 20
CIPFA’s chief economist Jeffrey Matsu argues that the pandemic represents “time for a reboot” in the way we think about development.