New guidance from the AfDB and the OECD will help African companies of all sizes set up measures to prevent bribery and improve the quality of corporate compliance and anti-bribery policies.

Financial literacy has become a key life skill for individuals as well as micro and small businesses. Today, 59 economies worldwide are implementing national strategies using guidance from the OECD/INFE High-level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education. The Policy Handbook describes the experiences of these economies and addresses challenges that countries have faced in implementing the Principles.

Hanoi, Vietnam, 3-4 October 2017. This conference provided a forum to discuss best practices on developing financial education and consumer protection in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.

The Roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy makers, experts, practitioners, scholars and international organisations in Asia. This year’s edition will focus on recent developments in capital markets, future capital markets facing the challenge of new financial technology and responsible, viable, and lifecycle infrastructure investments.

Latin American and Caribbean countries need to do more to improve budget management, tax collection and public sector pay equality if they are to catch up with advanced economies in terms of government performance, according to a joint report by the OECD and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

3-4 September 2014, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: This conference focused on the key levers for restoring trust in government and building trust by and in the private sector and civil society.

Exports of Wood, Paper and Cardboard in France increased to 691 EUR Million in March from 658 EUR Million in February of 2020. Exports of Wood, Paper and Cardboard in France averaged 708.40 EUR Million from 2000 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 851 EUR Million in October of 2007 and a record low of 479 EUR Million in August of 2009. This page includes a chart with historical data for France Export: Wood, Paper And Cardboard.

Imports - Travel Goods, Handbags & Similar Containers in Australia decreased to 96 AUD Million in March from 117 AUD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Travel Goods, Handbags & Similar Contain in Australia averaged 58.16 AUD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 210 AUD Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 11 AUD Million in January of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Australia Imports of Travel Goods, Handbags & Similar Conta.

Lorry company’s board says lenders will only support refinancing through buyout group’s proposal

Investors should welcome the chance to bail out for a 29% premium to Friday’s $13 undisturbed closing price

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss push-payment fraud in the UK and who should compensate the victims, why Deutsche Bank is coming under pressure from investors to appoint a new investment banking chief, and why JPMorgan Chase in the US has been selling off loans from its balance sheet. With special guests: Stephen Jones, chief executive of the banking association UK Finance and Rushanara Ali, Labour MP and member of the UK Treasury Select Committee.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Robert Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Matthew Vincent and colleagues discuss Goldman Sachs and Amazon - another big tech tie-up for the Wall Street name, Deutsche Bank's profit targets, and what a case of stealing from a workplace canteen tells us about the current climate for ethics and compliance in banking. With special guest Russell Quelch of Redburn, the equity research house.

Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Robert Smith, capital markets correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Newer employees like their appraisals upfront and often

Put as much effort into being a good employer at home as at work

Artisans provide antidote to today’s frenzied lifestyle

US cable company enjoys rising demand for high-speed internet but movie business suffers

In 16 years of columns on business, the only constant has been disruptive innovation

Grounded travellers are facing downgrades but some airlines are rewarding loyalty

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture

Cuckoo Internet is a new U.K. startup that aims to disrupt the U.K. broadband market. It has now raised £470,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator fund led by Bart Macdonald (Sapling founder). Other investors include Lorin van Nuland (early investor in Betterment), Edward Campbell-Harris (Bulb early […]

Sonos has introduced a trio of new hardware today, adding three new smart speakers to its lineup, including the Sonos Arc soundbar that includes Dolby Atmos support, as well as Sonos Five, the next version of its Sonos Play:5 speaker, and a third-generation Sonos Sub. All of these will require the new S2 app that […]

Cuckoo Internet is a new U.K. startup that aims to disrupt the U.K. broadband market. It has now raised £470,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator fund led by Bart Macdonald (Sapling founder). Other investors include Lorin van Nuland (early investor in Betterment), Edward Campbell-Harris (Bulb early […]

Cuckoo Internet is a new U.K. startup that aims to disrupt the U.K. broadband market. It has now raised £470,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator fund led by Bart Macdonald (Sapling founder). Other investors include Lorin van Nuland (early investor in Betterment), Edward Campbell-Harris (Bulb early […]

Credit cards have become all but ubiquitous for consumer transactions, and it isn’t hard to see why. By intermediating payments, networks like Visa allow buyers and sellers to exchange money for goods and services without knowing the financial risk profile of the counter-party. Rather than applying for credit at every merchant you shop at, you […]

MATT SPIRO IN FRANCE: Simply put, France's boy-wonder - who could do no wrong during his first three seasons as a professional - is beginning to divide opinion in his homeland.

Killing Eve star Jodie Comer has led the British stars recognised in nominations for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards.

The 24-year-old was spotted at the Dog & Fox Pub in Wimbledon last night until around 11pm just hours ahead of today's game.

The rapper said he wanted to "cry so bad" when his in-ear monitors blew twice during his historic set, and that he was certain it would be the end of his career.

The Edinburgh flanker missed last week's Six Nations opener with Ireland in Dublin due to a thigh strain and his recall to Gregor Townsend's team is the only change from that defeat.

The Harry Potter star, 29, shared the contents of her straw tote in a candid video with British Vogue's In The Bag YouTube series.

Dylan Hartley’s World Cup dream is over after the hooker was axed from Stuart Lancaster’s England squad and told he cannot be trusted to keep his cool in the high-stakes matches.

The clip, posted online by Brooke Vance, from Glasgow, shows a Flake bar smoking and turning charred like a piece of wood or coal as it's blasted by a blow torch, but not a drop turns to goo,.

Key plans on the safe return to football - which will be put to players - are set to be finalised at a cross-sport meeting with the Government on Wednesday.

FEMAIL tested six sheets that aim to help tame hair frizz. The E.L.F Frizz Taming Hair Shine Sheets took the edge off ‘second day’ dry ends and only cost 14p per sheet.

Radamel Falcao waved goodbye to Manchester United fans after being substituted during their draw with Arsenal on Sunday, a sign that the Colombian forward will not be staying at Old Trafford.

Ladbrokes gave the customer thousands of pounds worth of gifts over two years, including four tickets to see the Floyd Mayweather v Marcos Maidana boxing match in Las Vegas.

She is currently promoting her new CW series, Batwoman, following emergency spinal surgery. 

Ruby Rose has changed up her look while self-isolating at her Los Angeles home.

MSP for Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay is entitled to a =n automatic severance payment of £11,945 for losing ministerial office.

The average download speed in Taiwan is 85Mbps and it takes 8 seconds to download a movie, in the UK it takes 30 seconds with an 18Mbps download speed.

Her latest single Lose You To Love Me is at the top of the charts and that means Selena Gomez has a few reasons to celebrate. The 27-year-old Disney alum was spotted at the dive bar Alphaville.

The 27-year-old dressed up for the wild night wearing a black-and-white pinstriped ensemble to eat at La Esquina restaurant in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.

The Queen, 93, posed with her trusted Launer handbag in a new portrait released to mark the new decade. Her Majesty has carried near-identical versions of the bag for more than 60 years.

Blake Jon Moller, 40, walked free from a Perth court with a suspended sentence for bashing paramedic Andrew Wilson.

Getty Images have published their annual News Images Of The Year - a poignant collection of photographs from politics (pictured), war zones and current affairs in 2019.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Queen is not given to displays of emotion, but I hear that she held a poignant final formal meeting with Theresa May this week.

The Queen, 93, welcomed the new Prime Minister to Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, shortly after accepting Theresa May's resignation. But it was her bag that drew attention.

The unnamed officer described the horrific sight of 'bodies piled on top of each other' in the Paris concert hall, where 90 rock fans were slaughtered.

The most frequently quoted observation about Hollywood is the simplest, and possibly also the truest. 'In Hollywood,' said screenwriter William Goldman, 'no one knows anything.'

Disciplinary chiefs handed immigration law specialist Rashid Ahmed just a three-month suspension after he left his junior colleague covered in blood on the ground on King's Road in Chelsea.