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13 Apr 17
Ensuring sound government finances should be a priority for developing countries in East Asia and the Pacific, the World Bank has said.
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11 Apr 17
The Philippines will remain one of the region’s top tiger economies for the next two to three years, the World Bank has predicted.
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10 Apr 17
Government support for agriculture in the Philippines is inefficient and in some ways counterproductive, increasing the country’s malnutrition problem, the OECD has said.
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6 Apr 17
Pakistan will not meet its deficit target in 2017, the government has admitted, as the International Monetary Fund warned more tax increases and spending cuts will be needed to maintain progress.
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6 Apr 17
Asia-Pacific now accounts for 60% of the world’s economic growth, more than any other region, the Asian Development Bank has highlighted.
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5 Apr 17
The UK has pledged almost £100m of new funding to help landmine clearance in developing countries, tripling its existing commitment in the area.
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3 Apr 17
A development plan for South Asia launched today hopes to add $70bn and 20 million jobs to the region’s economy by 2025.
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29 Mar 17
Approved loans from the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have hit $2bn since the bank opened for business last year.
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27 Mar 17
An Indonesian tax amnesty scheme has seen over $330bn in assets declared in less than a year, making it one of the most successful ever conducted.
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23 Mar 17
The OECD has urged China to address financial risks that are mounting as a result of rising corporate debt, over-capacity in certain sectors and inflated house prices.
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7 Mar 17
The United Nations has called for $2.7bn to support the recovery of Haiti, which suffered widespread damage during Hurricane Matthew six months ago.
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6 Mar 17
The World Bank has committed $125m to improving vocational training and apprenticeships in India.
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28 Feb 17
Countries across Asia and the Pacific need to spend $1.7tn on infrastructure every year until 2030 to maintain momentum on economic growth and tackle climate change, the Asian Development Bank has...
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23 Feb 17
Ratings agency Fitch has warned of the risk posed by China’s high local public debt issued through a back door route.
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23 Feb 17
New Zealand has recently started looking into the thorny issue of how to measure and improve productivity in the public sector
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23 Feb 17
India’s growth will slow by around 1% as a result of its sudden demonetisation experiment, the International Monetary Fund has said, although the impact will only be temporary.
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22 Feb 17
Government ministries in Singapore will have their spending caps permanently cut by 2%, it was announced in the country’s budget earlier this week.
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20 Feb 17
Mongolia has secured a provisional agreement for a $5.5bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, preventing a slip in its international credit rating.
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16 Feb 17
Falling health funding in Timor-Leste must be met with better planning and policies to manage rising costs, the World Bank has said.
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14 Feb 17
The International Monetary Fund opened a first-of-its-kind training and technical assistance centre in South Asia yesterday.
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10 Feb 17
Australia’s plan to eliminate its deficit risks being overly ambitious and doing more harm than good in an economy stuck in a “new mediocre”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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1 Feb 17
The Indian government is to cap cash transactions at around $4,500 and halve tax rates for the lowest earners, continuing its campaign against ‘black money’, or untaxed wealth.
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30 Jan 17
Japan’s consumer price inflation has fallen for the first time in four years, dealing another blow to government and central bank efforts to boost the deflating economy.
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26 Jan 17
The Philippines has reported some of the fastest growth in the world according to figures published today, shaking off the Trump effect and fears that the radical views of president Rodrigo Duterte...
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26 Jan 17
CIPFA is to help strengthen public financial management in India in collaboration with the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.