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11 Sep 19
Women holding a tertiary degree earn a quarter less than their male counterparts across the world’s leading economies, new OECD analysis has shown.
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10 Sep 19
The design of taxation policy has a vital role in promoting international sustainability, the president of CIPFA has told management accountants in Sri Lanka.
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10 Sep 19
Italy’s new government has been warned not to challenge EU fiscal rules in its upcoming draft budget.
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9 Sep 19
The Greek government wants to repay the country’s loan from the International Monetary Fund early, according to the prime minister.
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9 Sep 19
Reform of property taxation would be the most effective way of boosting growth and tackling inequality in Cambodia, new research has found.
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5 Sep 19
The European Commission “should do more” to engage citizens during its public consultations, according to the EU’s financial management watchdog.
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27 Aug 19
From Monday 9 September, it will be necessary to register on the PF and PF International sites to read the content.
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19 Aug 19
Scammers have increasingly been using the World Bank’s name to give authenticity to ‘advance fee' fraud schemes.
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19 Aug 19
Great strides have been made in developing energy, infrastructure and trade routes in Southern Africa, the African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
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7 Aug 19
Croatia has taken a step closer to joining the eurozone, after the European Central Bank confirmed it was going to carry out tests on five Croatian banks.
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6 Aug 19
Russia has said its backing pushes the EU’s nominee closer to replacing Christine Lagarde as the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
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30 Jul 19
Malaysia’s success in achieving economic growth must be backed up by work to ensure its sustainability, according to the OECD.
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29 Jul 19
Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
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25 Jul 19
Between 2010 and 2017 60% - £4.6bn - of the UK’s support for energy in developing countries went towards fossil fuel sources, according to analysis by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development....
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19 Jul 19
A series of sex scandals at organisations such as Oxfam and Save the Children have prompted the OECD to create the first ever framework for governments to tackle sexual expoitation, abuse and...
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9 Jul 19
Countries can learn from China’s experience in establishing a high-speed rail network that is now larger than the rest of the world’s combined.
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8 Jul 19
The composite leading indicators that aim to forecast trends six to nine months ahead point to “stabilising growth momentum” in OECD countries.
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4 Jul 19
The use of overseas aid to enhance trade is beneficial to the economies of recipient countries, a new report has said.
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2 Jul 19
Latin American and Caribbean countries must bolster their capacity to mobilise public revenues by strengthening tax collection if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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1 Jul 19
Global efforts to reform massive state aid to farmers worth $528bn per year have largely stalled, says the OECD.
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26 Jun 19
Economic leaders at this year’s G20 Summit must support investment in using nature to tackle issues such as climate change, say conservation finance experts Margaret Kuhlow and Andrew Deutz....
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25 Jun 19
Mountain sherpas in Nepal are growing exasperated at the amount of rubbish being dumped by visiting climbers on the world’s highest peak.
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21 Jun 19
Auditors play a crucial role in testing and verifying the claims organisations are making about their sustainability, says the European Court of Auditors’ Eva Lindström.
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21 Jun 19
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
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21 Jun 19
Low- and middle-income countries could save a staggering $4.2trn by ensuring infrastructure is more resilient to natural disasters.