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5 Apr 19
Election sweeteners were at the heart of Australia’s latest budget as the Coalition government pledged extensive tax relief for households and a boost for small businesses.
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19 Mar 19
Governments in low-income countries are spending nearly 10% less than they promised in their budgets, weakening public trust and transparency, public financial management experts have warned. ...
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19 Mar 19
Germany’s budget for next year calls for a 1.7% hike in overall spending to €362.6bn – but its defence spending will be less than NATO’s target.
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18 Mar 19
Governments are becoming increasingly interested in giving the public more of a say over budgeting, the policy director of a not-for-profit corporation has told PF International.
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13 Mar 19
US president Donald Trump has sent Congress a record $4.75 trillion budget plan, which calls for bigger military spending - but slashes funds for domestic programmes.
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13 Mar 19
Politicians need to commit to publishing their liabilities – even if it might weaken net wealth on paper, public finance professionals have urged.
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12 Mar 19
Governments around the world could boost their public coffers with as much as 3% of their GDP by better managing their assets and producing strong balance sheets.
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8 Mar 19
The Indian state of Chhattisgarh is pushing on with its public financial management reforms with the support of a $25.2m loan from the World Bank.
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5 Mar 19
China’s premier Li Keqiang warned parliament the country’s economy faces “a tough struggle” as he announced bigger spending plans and tax cuts to boost growth.
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4 Mar 19
Bangladesh is to boost its public financial management and budget process with the help of a $100m loan from the World Bank.
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25 Feb 19
The president of Indonesia has committed a total of $30bn of investment to local villages over the next five years – if he wins a second term in the April elections.
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11 Feb 19
Talks between Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress aimed at stopping another government shutdown have broken down without agreement.
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5 Feb 19
Italy’s economy tipped into recession at the end of last year and is likely to continue to shrink this year, according to official figures.
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1 Feb 19
Gender budgeting will improve public services for both women and men in Ukraine, its finance minister has told PF International after signing it into law.
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28 Jan 19
The US will still build a wall along the Mexican border, despite ending the shutdown – the longest in history – without the funds, president Donald Trump has said.
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18 Jan 19
The cost of the US shutdown could exceed the amount of border wall funding Donald Trump is demanding if the impasse drags on into February, a global rating agency has warned.
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9 Jan 19
US president Donald Trump has urged Congress to sign off the $5.7bn he wants for his proposed wall along the Mexican border to end the government shutdown.
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8 Jan 19
Indonesia will more than double its disaster response budget to 15 trillion rupiah ($1.06bn) this year after a series of major natural disasters in 2018, officials have said.
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7 Jan 19
US president Donald Trump has said he may declare a national emergency over immigration amid a partial government shutdown caused by a dispute about funds for a wall on the southern border with...
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2 Jan 19
The partial US government shutdown continues over Donald Trump’s demands for $5bn to fund a wall along the Mexican border.
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20 Dec 18
The Danish parliament has passed its spending plans for next year, including a proposal to hold foreign criminals on a remote island.
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19 Dec 18
The Saudi Arabian government has announced its biggest-ever budget, with a 7% spending increase next year, to boost economic growth.
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19 Dec 18
The Italian government appears to have reached a compromise with Brussels following months of disagreements over its spending plans.
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14 Dec 18
European Union institutions should improve the management of their buildings to avoid unnecessary costs, auditors have urged.
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12 Dec 18
US president Donald Trump has threatened a government shutdown over funding for his planned wall on the Mexican border in a budget row with Democrats.