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2 Dec 11
The eurozone crisis is the main risk to the global economy and decisive action is needed to ensure it does not spread, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned.
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25 Nov 11
As the eurozone crisis continues and sovereign debt soars, governments need to urgently reform their accounting practices. CIPFA’s chief executive, Steve Freer, calls for a collective effort across...
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25 Nov 11
Financial and political decision-makers worldwide could be missing out on the fiscal information they need about governments, according to Ernst & Young.
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24 Nov 11
The International Monetary Fund has changed its lending rules to help countries caught up in the global financial crisis.
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23 Nov 11
Growth in the US economy during the third quarter of the year was less than previously estimated, according to latest figures from the US government.
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9 Nov 11
The Department for International Development’s use of direct transfers of aid to people rather than to governments has had 'clear immediate benefits' but could be more efficient, the National Audit...
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3 Nov 11
There is a 50% chance of the UK falling back into recession in 2011/12 even if the eurozone crisis is successfully resolved, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research warned today.
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20 Oct 11
MPs have reprimanded the Department for International Development for 'taking its eye off the financial ball'.
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25 Aug 11
The government has reached an agreement with Switzerland to tackle offshore tax evasion. This is expected will secure billions of pounds of unpaid tax for the UK exchequer.
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16 Aug 11
It is not sustainable for the eurozone to support the sheer volume of existing private and public sector debt in member nations. Either restructuring of the debt, or reconstitution of the eurozone,...
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12 Jul 11
CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: Chicago city treasurer Stephanie Neely outlines the financial challenges facing the US's third largest city. She also discusses the privatisation of public...
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7 Jul 11
The elected treasurer of the US city of Chicago has said that it will take a generation to repair its public finances.
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1 Jul 11
Japan's economy was in deep trouble well before the recent natural disasters struck. As it struggles to pick up the pieces, what lessons are there to be learnt from the country's 'lost decades'?
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24 Jun 11
The American economy is hurting, and the pain is being pushed down to local government level. As debt rows rage on Capitol Hill, how are US cities and states trying to balance their budgets? PF...
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5 Apr 11
The Department for International Development must tighten its counter-fraud measures as its work extends into less stable countries, auditors have said
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29 Mar 11
Whitehall departments grappling with spending cuts could learn from how the Foreign & Commonwealth Office dealt with a sudden shortfall, according to government auditors
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18 Mar 11
Developed nations are facing a 'tsunami of spending' because of changing demographics that governments are failing to address, the former US comptroller general told the CIPFA international conference
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18 Mar 11
The government will require rigorous accountability for overseas aid spending in return for protection from spending cuts, the international development minister said this week
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18 Mar 11
The developing world could be the engine that helps pull advanced economies out of recession, the CIPFA international conference was told this week.
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18 Mar 11
Efforts to increase accuracy and transparency in public accounts depend on sustained lobbying by the accountancy profession to overcome politicians’ fears, the CIPFA international conference heard.
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16 Mar 11
After addressing the CIPFA international conference in London, the former US comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative talks to Public Finance about: fiscal...
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24 Feb 11
In a globalised world, the only certainty is uncertainty. Economic dogma is being swept aside, as nation states follow their own disparate routes to recovery and growth. So why is the UK government...
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2 Feb 11
Securing value for money in overseas aid will become more difficult as more funds are channelled towards fragile and war-torn states, MPs have warned.
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1 Feb 11
The UK is not boldly going where no other government has gone before in its efforts to reduce the deficit. At least 24 OECD countries have paved the way and they have clear lessons ministers would be...
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22 Dec 10
MPs have criticised the government for failing to assess the financial value of its international aid programme for primary education.
2 Dec 11The eurozone crisis is the main risk to the global economy and decisive action is needed to ensure it does not spread, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned.
25 Nov 11As the eurozone crisis continues and sovereign debt soars, governments need to urgently reform their accounting practices. CIPFA’s chief executive, Steve Freer, calls for a collective effort across...
16 Aug 11It is not sustainable for the eurozone to support the sheer volume of existing private and public sector debt in member nations. Either restructuring of the debt, or reconstitution of the eurozone,...
12 Jul 11CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: Chicago city treasurer Stephanie Neely outlines the financial challenges facing the US's third largest city. She also discusses the privatisation of public...
1 Jul 11Japan's economy was in deep trouble well before the recent natural disasters struck. As it struggles to pick up the pieces, what lessons are there to be learnt from the country's 'lost decades'?
24 Jun 11The American economy is hurting, and the pain is being pushed down to local government level. As debt rows rage on Capitol Hill, how are US cities and states trying to balance their budgets? PF...
5 Apr 11The Department for International Development must tighten its counter-fraud measures as its work extends into less stable countries, auditors have said
