Shockwaves from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union are reverberating throughout the global economy and politics this morning as the fallout of Brexit spreads across the world.
Mayors from across the globe are to come together to fight climate change after the world’s largest coalition of cities committed to environmental leadership was launched.
Ahead of a workshop on global cities’ growth and good public financial management at the CIPFA conference, Adam Fineberg says good PFM helps engage both public authorities and business in the potential for private and public investments.
The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecasts for the US economy, warning of threats from high rates of poverty and inequality and sluggish productivity.
Portugal will have to “step up” its efforts to reduce its budget deficit as the country’s economic recovery falls short of expectations, the European Commission and European Central Bank have warned.
Commencing commercial oil production in Uganda could drive the country’s socio-economic transformation if the proceeds are well managed, the World Bank has said.
Refugees have a positive impact on the economies of their host communities, in particular when given cash transfers, a study conducted in Rwanda has found.
The German Constitutional Court has given the green light to the European Central Bank’s controversial emergency bond-buying scheme – a key tool to fight financial crises.