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19 Oct 18
Malaysia will shift to accrual accounting within the next three years as part of reforms to stop the “excesses of the past”.
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19 Oct 18
International donors are working together to boost private investment to health services in Africa.
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17 Oct 18
Latin America’s sprawling cities were once synonymous with slums and violence. Now, under dynamic local leadership, they’re taking off as engines of growth, writes Gavin O’Toole.
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15 Oct 18
Larger international NGOs are getting the “lion’s share” of the UK’s international development funds, an umbrella group has said.
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12 Oct 18
African governments’ debt to overseas lenders doubled in two years leaving countries struggling to pay them back, a charity has warned.
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12 Oct 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved $20.5m in grants to support the government of Bhutan in improving the country’s health system.
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9 Oct 18
The Chinese government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to alleviate poverty, including economic stimulus, better data and welfare benefits, says the University of Illinois’s James L Chan.
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8 Oct 18
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals set ambitious targets for a world without poverty, hunger and pollution. Three years on from their adoption, what progress has been made and how is it best...
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5 Oct 18
At the heart of strong public financial management is a pool of talented finance people, writes CIPFA’s Lindie Engelbrecht.
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5 Oct 18
The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $180m to support improvements to Nepal’s main highway enabling trade.
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2 Oct 18
The World Bank has approved $20m to strengthen Saint Lucia’s public health care system.
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2 Oct 18
Countries hit by extreme weather events must ‘build back better’ to ensure their recovery and reconstruction efforts are resilient to future shocks, PF International has been told.
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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
The consequences of poorly executed public infrastructure can be deadly but there is a way forward, says Transparency International’s Claire Martin.
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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
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
The public sector accountancy profession needs to be made more attractive to ensure that young talent stays and s 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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21 Sep 18
Brexit negotiations risk undervaluing UK-EU collaboration in international development at their peril, says Claire Godfrey, from Bond, a UK network of organisations working in international...
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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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21 Sep 18
A new consensus around the ‘economics of equality’ is gaining traction in the region, writes Latin American specialist Gavin O’Toole.
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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...
19 Oct 18Malaysia will shift to accrual accounting within the next three years as part of reforms to stop the “excesses of the past”.
19 Oct 18International donors are working together to boost private investment to health services in Africa.
17 Oct 18Latin America’s sprawling cities were once synonymous with slums and violence. Now, under dynamic local leadership, they’re taking off as engines of growth, writes Gavin O’Toole.
15 Oct 18Larger international NGOs are getting the “lion’s share” of the UK’s international development funds, an umbrella group has said.
12 Oct 18African governments’ debt to overseas lenders doubled in two years leaving countries struggling to pay them back, a charity has warned.
12 Oct 18The Asian Development Bank has approved $20.5m in grants to support the government of Bhutan in improving the country’s health system.
9 Oct 18The Chinese government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to alleviate poverty, including economic stimulus, better data and welfare benefits, says the University of Illinois’s James L Chan.
8 Oct 18The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals set ambitious targets for a world without poverty, hunger and pollution. Three years on from their adoption, what progress has been made and how is it best...
5 Oct 18At the heart of strong public financial management is a pool of talented finance people, writes CIPFA’s Lindie Engelbrecht.
5 Oct 18The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $180m to support improvements to Nepal’s main highway enabling trade.
2 Oct 18The World Bank has approved $20m to strengthen Saint Lucia’s public health care system.
2 Oct 18Countries hit by extreme weather events must ‘build back better’ to ensure their recovery and reconstruction efforts are resilient to future shocks, PF International has been told.
1 Oct 18A 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.
28 Sep 18The consequences of poorly executed public infrastructure can be deadly but there is a way forward, says Transparency International’s Claire Martin.
27 Sep 18The 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.
27 Sep 18Countries 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.
27 Sep 18The UK’s Department for International Development has “significant weaknesses” in contract management with commercial suppliers, a watchdog has found.
26 Sep 18The Jamaican finance ministry is drafting a new public financial management policy to respond to natural disasters, the finance and public service minister has confirmed.
25 Sep 18The public sector accountancy profession needs to be made more attractive to ensure that young talent stays and s countries develop, an African Union director has said.
24 Sep 18Finance professionals should step out of their “technical bubble” if they want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, an Overseas Development Institute director has urged.
24 Sep 18Poor 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...
21 Sep 18Brexit negotiations risk undervaluing UK-EU collaboration in international development at their peril, says Claire Godfrey, from Bond, a UK network of organisations working in international...
21 Sep 18The European Commission has given €26.5m to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic.
21 Sep 18A new consensus around the ‘economics of equality’ is gaining traction in the region, writes Latin American specialist Gavin O’Toole.
19 Sep 18Sierra 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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