All posts tagged "Finance"

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  Brazil’s finance minister says budget’s spending freeze ‘not enough’

  Brazil’s finance minister Joaquim Levy urged lawmakers to back tax increases and cuts to social benefits, saying last week’s spending freeze alone isn’t enough to shore up fiscal accounts, Bloomberg

  • Posted May 27, 2015
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  Martti Hetemäki, Ministry of Finance, Finland: Exclusive Interview

  The 2008 global financial crash hit Finland harder than many other European countries. Head of the Finnish Ministry of Finance Martti Hetemäki tells Global Government Forum in an exclusive interview

  • Posted May 26, 2015
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  Helping governments strengthen public financial management systems around the world

  Government finance professionals have endured much in recent years. The global financial crisis sent shockwaves through their profession, forcing them center stage as governments sought to first stimulate their economies

  • Posted May 21, 2015
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  Finland supports EU capital markets union but warns over big regulation agenda

  Finland gave support to the European Commission’s proposal of a capital markets union, which would boost economic growth by giving companies wider access to capital across the 28-nation bloc. The

  • Posted May 18, 2015
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  Nigerian public sector move to new accounting system could ‘help fight corruption’

  Government and public sector organisations in Nigeria will adopt International Public Accounting Standards (IPSAS), which are regarded as the most transparent form of accounting, in a move that could help

  • Posted May 5, 2015
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  UK government expects to pay £26.6bn for clinical negligence claims against NHS

  A patient safety group has sounded a warning after it emerged that the UK government expects to pay out £26.6bn for clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service (NHS), which

  • Posted May 1, 2015
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  14 countries come together in unparalleled finance summit

  Heads of finance ministries from 14 countries came together in Singapore this weekend in an international gathering of unprecedented scale. The Global Government Finance Summit, organised by Global Government Forum, and

  • Posted April 13, 2015
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  IMF lending can deepen economic crises, says report

  New research suggests that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is weakening the economies of countries to which it lends money. The European Network on Debt and Development, Eurodad, says that

  • Posted April 12, 2014
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