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1 Jul 20
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted structural problems in the financial relationship between Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments, according to Muhammad Afnan Alam.
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30 Jun 20
The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security, through a commitment to spend more than $1bn over the next decade.
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23 Jun 20
Japan will not change its target to return to a budget surplus by 2025, despite its huge fiscal efforts to counter the impact of Covid-19, its finance minister has said.
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19 Jun 20
In the first of a series exploring how public finance professionals are tackling ethical pressures around the world, Sri Lankan accountant Buddhika Senanayake explains how he stood firm against...
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16 Jun 20
No new taxes have been levied to deal with the public finance toll of Covid-19 in Pakistan’s new budget, in which the government outlined a huge stimulus package and a sizeable hike in defence...
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26 May 20
Public procurement could provide Kazakhstan with the means to restart its economy following the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank has claimed.
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22 May 20
Australia has halved the number of people’s wages it expects to subsidise as part of its Covid-19 economic rescue package, blaming reporting errors for the confusion.
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20 May 20
Indonesia is set to impose a 10% digital services tax on companies based overseas in the second half of 2020, as the government scrambles to fight the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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20 May 20
Huge fiscal responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are being announced around the world, not least in Asia. Civil servant in Pakistan Muhammad Afnan Alam details the situation and how it might impact the...
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12 May 20
New Zealand is to plough a record NZ$4bn ($2.4bn) of additional funding into health services over the next four years, as the government looks to balance a ‘legacy of neglect’.
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6 Apr 20
The Asian Development Bank has sold its largest-ever single tranche of bonds as it strives to continue its work amid the coronavirus crisis.
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3 Apr 20
Asian governments have introduced radical fiscal policy measures to beat the impact of COVID-19. Muhammad Afnan Alam, who works in the Auditor General of Pakistan’s office, details their responses.
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27 Mar 20
The IMF has approved its first emergency loan to help a member country address the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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24 Mar 20
Increased borrowing costs and falling income from commodities amid the coronavirus pandemic are making poor countries’ debt crises even worse, according to the Jubilee Debt Campaign.
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18 Mar 20
The economic impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic is “much worse than feared”, and the world economy is probably already in a recession, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
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13 Mar 20
Could a public-private partnership programme with the World Bank offer Sri Lanka a smarter way to develop its infrastructure?
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5 Mar 20
The Indian cabinet has given the green light to merge 10 public sector banks into four with effect from 1 April.
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25 Feb 20
The coronavirus epidemic is having a noticeable impact on the global economy, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
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13 Feb 20
Throughout Asia and the world, digital solutions are being found for urban problems. Policymakers and city leaders should ensure that the poor do not get left behind in this digital transformation of...
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11 Feb 20
Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
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11 Feb 20
Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
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7 Feb 20
The makeshift hospital built to treat coronavirus patients in central China began admitting patients just 12 days after construction started.
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6 Feb 20
Asia and the Pacific is not where it needs to be to meet the Sustainable Development Goals but there remains a decade to make up for lost time, argues the Asian Development Bank's Bart Édes.
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31 Jan 20
The coronavirus outbreak has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as cases are confirmed in multiple new countries.
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28 Jan 20
Chinese officials have said the World Health Organisation remains confident in their ability to control the coronavirus outbreak.
1 Jul 20The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted structural problems in the financial relationship between Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments, according to Muhammad Afnan Alam.
30 Jun 20The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security, through a commitment to spend more than $1bn over the next decade.
23 Jun 20Japan will not change its target to return to a budget surplus by 2025, despite its huge fiscal efforts to counter the impact of Covid-19, its finance minister has said.
19 Jun 20In the first of a series exploring how public finance professionals are tackling ethical pressures around the world, Sri Lankan accountant Buddhika Senanayake explains how he stood firm against...
26 May 20Public procurement could provide Kazakhstan with the means to restart its economy following the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank has claimed.
20 May 20Indonesia is set to impose a 10% digital services tax on companies based overseas in the second half of 2020, as the government scrambles to fight the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
20 May 20Huge fiscal responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are being announced around the world, not least in Asia. Civil servant in Pakistan Muhammad Afnan Alam details the situation and how it might impact the...
12 May 20New Zealand is to plough a record NZ$4bn ($2.4bn) of additional funding into health services over the next four years, as the government looks to balance a ‘legacy of neglect’.
6 Apr 20The Asian Development Bank has sold its largest-ever single tranche of bonds as it strives to continue its work amid the coronavirus crisis.
27 Mar 20The IMF has approved its first emergency loan to help a member country address the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
24 Mar 20Increased borrowing costs and falling income from commodities amid the coronavirus pandemic are making poor countries’ debt crises even worse, according to the Jubilee Debt Campaign.
18 Mar 20The economic impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic is “much worse than feared”, and the world economy is probably already in a recession, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s...
13 Mar 20Could a public-private partnership programme with the World Bank offer Sri Lanka a smarter way to develop its infrastructure?
5 Mar 20The Indian cabinet has given the green light to merge 10 public sector banks into four with effect from 1 April.
25 Feb 20The coronavirus epidemic is having a noticeable impact on the global economy, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
13 Feb 20Throughout Asia and the world, digital solutions are being found for urban problems. Policymakers and city leaders should ensure that the poor do not get left behind in this digital transformation of...
11 Feb 20Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
11 Feb 20Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
6 Feb 20Asia and the Pacific is not where it needs to be to meet the Sustainable Development Goals but there remains a decade to make up for lost time, argues the Asian Development Bank's Bart Édes.
