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18 Jan 24
Extreme weather events caused by climate change could lead to $12.5trn of economic losses and 14.5 million extra deaths by 2050 without decisive action to reduce carbon emissions, the World Economic...
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7 Nov 23
Digitalising health services would boost efficiency as health spending falls across advanced economies, the OECD has said.
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17 Aug 23
Huge spending on social services in response to the shock of Covid-19 ensured European Union economies were disrupted as little as possible, and adapting to the new reality has provided lessons on...
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14 Jun 23
The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
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7 Nov 22
An investigation into the fraudulent use of universal healthcare funding has been launched by the Australian government following “nine years of cuts and neglect”.
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25 Oct 22
Preventing pandemics would cost three times less than managing them after they have broken out, the World Bank has said as it published proposals for a new approach to infectious diseases.
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17 Aug 22
Joe Biden has hailed his flagship Inflation Reduction Act as a historic victory for the environment, US families and the country’s public finances.
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27 Jun 22
The world’s richest governments have been told they failed poorer countries “on every level” on Covid-19 vaccines, with their hoarded stockpiles, unfulfilled promises of donations and efforts to stop...
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16 May 22
Raising tax revenue has been named as the “top priority” for Laos, whose high debt and poor tax collection have left it struggling to deal with the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 and Russia’s...
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4 Mar 22
Governments will need to spend billions of dollars to guard against future pandemics and create a bank of vaccines to be adapted when new dangerous viruses emerge, according to the chief executive of...
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18 Feb 22
Singapore’s finance minister has increased taxes targeted at corporations and the rich, in order to fund higher spending in the wake of Covid-19 and in the face of the city-state’s ageing population.
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10 Feb 22
Covid-19 could stop being a global emergency as early as this year if countries donated $23bn towards access to tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment, according to the World...
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8 Feb 22
Rising Covid-19 cases in Gaza and the West Bank have led the World Bank to send an additional grant to the Palestinian Authority, warning the record new infection numbers are still underestimated.
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3 Feb 22
A Canadian province has dropped its plan to introduce a tax for people refusing to have Covid-19 vaccines because it was too divisive.
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17 Jan 22
Greek over-60s who choose not to receive a Covid-19 vaccine are set to be fined, with the money going to fund hospitals.
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14 Jan 22
Slovakia’s low Covid-19 vaccination rate poses a huge short-term risk to its economy, but the longer-term challenge of its fast-ageing population also needs attention, according to the OECD.
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14 Jan 22
A Canadian province is looking to introduce a “significant” tax on its residents who refuse to receive a Covid-19 vaccination.
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29 Nov 21
World governments have been told to bolster their health systems and vaccination programmes in response to a new strain of Covid-19.
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25 Nov 21
More than 300 million more people in India will receive Covid-19 vaccines following the approval of a loan from the Asian Development Bank.
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25 Oct 21
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has hailed his country’s Covid-19 vaccine drive as setting “new benchmarks of public service delivery” and spurring the economic recovery.
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23 Sep 21
World Bank researchers expect 52 countries to cut spending per head to below pre-pandemic levels in the next five years, despite the world economy gradually recovering from the Covid-19 crash.
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9 Aug 21
New waves of Covid-19 have highlighted the urgency of getting more vaccine doses to people in the Asia Pacific region, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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28 Jul 21
Highly infectious new strains of Covid-19 could scupper the economic recovery and take as much as $4.5trn off of global GDP by 2025, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has warned.
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8 Jul 21
New Zealand’s Treasury has warned the government that the country faces debt rising to unsustainable levels over the next few decades as its ageing population drives up spending.
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5 Jul 21
Brazil’s supreme court has authorised an investigation into president Jair Bolsonaro’s response to a Covid-19 vaccine procurement deal amid allegations he ignored irregularities in the process.
18 Jan 24Extreme weather events caused by climate change could lead to $12.5trn of economic losses and 14.5 million extra deaths by 2050 without decisive action to reduce carbon emissions, the World Economic...
7 Nov 23Digitalising health services would boost efficiency as health spending falls across advanced economies, the OECD has said.
17 Aug 23Huge spending on social services in response to the shock of Covid-19 ensured European Union economies were disrupted as little as possible, and adapting to the new reality has provided lessons on...
14 Jun 23The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
7 Nov 22An investigation into the fraudulent use of universal healthcare funding has been launched by the Australian government following “nine years of cuts and neglect”.
25 Oct 22Preventing pandemics would cost three times less than managing them after they have broken out, the World Bank has said as it published proposals for a new approach to infectious diseases.
17 Aug 22Joe Biden has hailed his flagship Inflation Reduction Act as a historic victory for the environment, US families and the country’s public finances.
16 May 22Raising tax revenue has been named as the “top priority” for Laos, whose high debt and poor tax collection have left it struggling to deal with the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 and Russia’s...
18 Feb 22Singapore’s finance minister has increased taxes targeted at corporations and the rich, in order to fund higher spending in the wake of Covid-19 and in the face of the city-state’s ageing population.
8 Feb 22Rising Covid-19 cases in Gaza and the West Bank have led the World Bank to send an additional grant to the Palestinian Authority, warning the record new infection numbers are still underestimated.
3 Feb 22A Canadian province has dropped its plan to introduce a tax for people refusing to have Covid-19 vaccines because it was too divisive.
17 Jan 22Greek over-60s who choose not to receive a Covid-19 vaccine are set to be fined, with the money going to fund hospitals.
14 Jan 22Slovakia’s low Covid-19 vaccination rate poses a huge short-term risk to its economy, but the longer-term challenge of its fast-ageing population also needs attention, according to the OECD.
29 Nov 21World governments have been told to bolster their health systems and vaccination programmes in response to a new strain of Covid-19.
25 Oct 21Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has hailed his country’s Covid-19 vaccine drive as setting “new benchmarks of public service delivery” and spurring the economic recovery.
23 Sep 21World Bank researchers expect 52 countries to cut spending per head to below pre-pandemic levels in the next five years, despite the world economy gradually recovering from the Covid-19 crash.
8 Jul 21New Zealand’s Treasury has warned the government that the country faces debt rising to unsustainable levels over the next few decades as its ageing population drives up spending.
5 Jul 21Brazil’s supreme court has authorised an investigation into president Jair Bolsonaro’s response to a Covid-19 vaccine procurement deal amid allegations he ignored irregularities in the process.
