PUBLIC FINANCE FOCUS - Key Persons
The instability triggered by the Arab Spring has cost countries in the region $613.8bn since 2011 and a fiscal shortfall $217.9bn greater than pre-crisis projections, the United Nations has found.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has urged meetings of the G7 and International Monetary Fund in Washington to increase action against ‘dirty money' used to fund rogue regimes and illicit activity.
Job Titles:
- International Monetary Fund Chief
- International Monetary Fund Managing Director
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of negligence linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as French finance minister.
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde is due before court in France today to face charges of negligence relating to her time as the country's finance minister.
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- CIPFA Member and Consultant
CIPFA member and consultant David Goldsworthy reflects on a recent meeting of international accountancy professionals, convened to find ways to boost the profession in fragile and conflict-affected...
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- President
- French President
French president Emmanuel Macron's party looks set to secure a landslide victory in the country's parliamentary elections, based on results from the first round of voting.
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- New Zealand Prime Minister
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said questions must be asked after a devastating volcanic eruption on White Island left at least six people dead.
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- President
- Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
- South Africa 's President
- South African President
South African president Jacob Zuma is facing his second no confidence vote of the year after a report levelled further suspicions of corruption against him last week.
South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has dismissed the country's renowned finance minister Pravin Gordhan, sending the rand tumbling.
South African president Jacob Zuma has asked prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him, the state prosecutor said on Thursday.
US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government's $600bn of procurement spending each year in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing.
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a decisive defeat in a referendum to alter the country's constitution, fiercely resisted by anti-establishment parties on the far...
Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari has suspended two top officials implicated in a scandal over $43m in allegedly misdirected aid funds.
Job Titles:
- Finance
- Minister
- South African Finance Minister
South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan has been summoned to court on fraud charges, sending the rand into a tailspin and sparking fresh unease around the political situation in Africa's most...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unexpectedly fired the governor of Turkey's central bank just three months into his term.
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has won sweeping new powers following a constitutional referendum held at the weekend.
German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble will be the new president of the Bundestag (Germany's parliament), according to German media.