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6 Feb 20
Asia and the Pacific is not where it needs to be to meet the Sustainable Development Goals but there remains a decade to make up for lost time, argues the Asian Development Bank's Bart Édes.
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4 Feb 20
As efforts to shape international standards for non-profit organisations continue, Humentum’s Tim Boyes-Watson makes the case for their creation and calls for people to join the group working to set...
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28 Jan 20
Governments have a responsibility to spend resources properly in order to create the high quality infrastructure their citizens need, argue Bruno Carrasco and Edwin Lau of the Asian Development Bank.
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14 Jan 20
In Sri Lanka, efforts need to be made to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls to support their employment potential, writes the Asian Development Bank’s Uzma...
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8 Jan 20
Progressive taxation is one of several measures that could help reduce the inequality that has become entrenched in society worldwide, argues IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
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10 Dec 19
‘Over-the-counter’ derivatives offer indefinite flexibility that can help governments finance long-term infrastructure projects, the Asian Development Bank’s Jonathan Grosvenor writes.
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3 Dec 19
Venezuela’s migration can potentially raise GDP growth in receiving countries, writes the IMF’s Emilio Fernandez Corugedo and Jaime Guajardo.
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26 Nov 19
A new effort to manage the economy, which brings together both sides of the war with international partners, would be an essential step forward in easing the conflict in Libya, writes Chatham House’s...
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21 Nov 19
Chair of CIPFA Development Alan Edwards writes about the importance of professional accountancy organisations.
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12 Nov 19
If industrial revolution leads to greater efforts to reskill and reshape the workforce to better adapt to change then that is what is needed to happen, writes the Asian Development Bank’s Jayant...
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25 Oct 19
The chair of CIPFA Standards Ian Carruthers explains how a new initiative will help tackle the issue of fraud in the charity sector.
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23 Oct 19
The IMF’s Frederic Lambert explains how social spending in Mexico has been effective in alleviating poverty and containing income inequality.
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18 Oct 19
Facial recognition software is a powerful tool but we need a legal framework before we can harness its full potential, writes John Thornton.
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17 Oct 19
Africa has seen a huge rise in debt, which needs to yield a return for the citizens who will be paying it back, says the ONE Campaign’s Fiona Robertson.
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17 Oct 19
Brexit presents an opportunity for the UK to revamp its international development strategy - and going back to good aid values is a start, says Bond’s Claire Godfrey.
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14 Oct 19
Fiscal institutions and policies have a key role to play in building strong, transparent institutions and reducing vulnerability to corrupt practices, says the IMF’s deputy director of the...
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14 Oct 19
A fundamental rethink is needed by governments across the world to meet the UN’s highly ambitious Sustainable Development Goals, write the editors of a new book on how to turn the SDGs into a reality...
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9 Oct 19
More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
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7 Oct 19
With heads of state sharing the platform at the UN to proclaim their commitment to universal health coverage, Chatham House’s Rob Yates asks country will be the next to socialise its health financing...
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4 Oct 19
Collaboration and professionalisation via strong accountancy organisations is the key to improving public sector accounting around the world, says IFAC’s Joseph Bryson.
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30 Sep 19
The road to ending corruption in Honduras is far from linear, says The Association for a More Just Society’s Andreas Daugaard.
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27 Sep 19
World leaders are discussing healthcare for all - whatever a person’s financial circumstances - at a time when the issue is increasingly politicised, says the Open Society Foundation’s Julia...
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16 Sep 19
A recent report from the OECD highlighted the difference between the UK’s education system and that of other countries’, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute Nick Hillman writes.
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9 Sep 19
The African Development Bank’s Anne Valko Celestino and Elisa Desbordes-Cissé ask if the world is ready to be gender equal in leadership.
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28 Aug 19
Top civil servants broadly have two strategies to choose between when deciding on efficiency cutbacks but must bear in mind the values that motivate the decisions, explains Leiden University’s Eduard...