Simone Rensch

Freelancer journalist and former Public Finance international reporter

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Better asset management ‘could boost public services revenue’

Governments around the world could boost their public coffers with as much as 3% of their GDP by... Read more
Macron’s party calls for inflation-linked pensions

The French government should link pension rises to inflation for the poorest citizens, the party... Read more
Norway to move away from oil and gas investments

The Norwegian government has announced its intention to sell its trillian-dollar sovereign wealth... Read more
World Bank supports Indian state’s financial reforms

The Indian state of Chhattisgarh is pushing on with its public financial management reforms with... Read more
EU accused of ‘whitewashing’ tax havens

The European Union has “lost its nerve” over naming and shaming tax havens as it plans to give nine... Read more
European growth ‘slower than expected’

Growth in Europe is slowing much more than expected as policy uncertainty continues – including... Read more
UK pledges £2m to help end global period poverty

The UK has announced it will give £2m aid support to organisations around the world as part of a... Read more
Swedish employment agency faces cuts

The Swedish national employment agency will close more than half of its local job centres across... Read more
Trump plans end to India’s $5.6bn tariff free deal

US president Donald Trump has said he wants to end an arrangement with India, which allows $5.6bn... Read more
ADB pledges $926m loan to India for metro lines

India has secured a $926m loan for two lines on the Mumbai metro rail system to ease the commutes... Read more

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