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7 Dec 18
France may bring forward planned tax cuts to quell unrest in the country - but this would have to go “hand-in-hand with a decrease in spending”, the finance minister has warned.
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4 Dec 18
The French government has announced a six-month suspension of the fuel tax that caused weeks of violent protests across the country.
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4 Dec 18
The world’s most powerful economies have agreed to improve the global trading system as US president Donald Trump delays Chinese tariffs.
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4 Dec 18
The Italian government has signalled it may back down on its high spending plans for next year, which were rejected by Brussels in October.
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30 Nov 18
Public sector accountants have a responsibility to protect data as well as money, a top justice official has told PF International.
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28 Nov 18
Climate change could cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars a year by the end of the century if the current administration does not change its policies, a government report has warned.
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27 Nov 18
To run a truly global foreign policy, the ultimate challenge for China is winning hearts and minds rather than showering cash, says Chatham House’s Dr Yu Jie.
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26 Nov 18
South Africa needs to take the fight against corruption “seriously” and stamp it out at local level, the president has said in his annual speech to the upper house.
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23 Nov 18
The IMF's Christine Lagarde explores the benefits of the G20 Compact with Africa, which is an agreement to promote private investment to the continent. This is ahead of the G20 annual meeting in...
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22 Nov 18
Police officers and soldiers have stormed the parliament of Papua New Guinea over unpaid wages for an international summit that wrapped up just days ago.
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20 Nov 18
New Zealand’s wellbeing budget has the potential to bring greater coherence and formality to the reporting of outcomes, says emeritus chair of CIPFA International Ian Ball.
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16 Nov 18
Can Mexico’s new president fund his ‘peaceful social revolution’ by tackling corruption? Asks Gavin O’Toole.
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14 Nov 18
Borrowing by low and middle-income countries more than tripled in 2017 compared to the year before, World Bank statistics have revealed.
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13 Nov 18
It’s time to provide clarity on legal definitions to improve Macedonia’s VAT system, says professor of economics Marjan Petreski.
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13 Nov 18
Healthcare was a big driver in the outcome of the recent US mid-term elections. But could the Democrats' vision of a truly reformed healthcare system ever become a reality? Simone Rensch finds out.
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9 Nov 18
Some 10,000 Orthodox church employees could come off the Greek state payroll, ending the status of priests and bishops as civil servants.
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7 Nov 18
South Africa is stepping up its efforts to “win this battle” against corruption, the chair of the country’s upper house of parliament has said.
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5 Nov 18
European governments are still making it too easy for multinational corporations to avoid paying corporation tax, campaigners have warned.
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30 Oct 18
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust related to a case where billions of dollars went missing from a state fund.
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30 Oct 18
We risk missing out on the potential Artificial Intelligence has to improve public services if people don’t trust what governments are up to, says the Centre for Public Impact’s Danny Buerkli.
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30 Oct 18
More than 45 governments, businesses and organisations signed a joint commitment to step up their fight against corruption and money laundering last week.
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30 Oct 18
The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first ‘blue bond’, which will raise funds to safeguard its oceans.
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30 Oct 18
Brazil’s newly elected populist president Jair Bolsonaro has pledged to reform government finances and tackle corruption.
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26 Oct 18
Support has been promised to South Africa’s auditor general’s office after a spate of attacks on field staff.
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24 Oct 18
Moving public services online and adopting an e-governance approach could help governments fight fraud and corruption, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.