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8 Nov 21
The Japanese government plans to spend big on a series of measures aimed at helping the economy through its ongoing struggle with Covid-19, according to reports.
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7 Nov 21
Does a focus on infrastructure spending to drive Covid-19 recovery make it harder to meet net-zero goals?
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26 Oct 21
The level of error in spending from European Union member nations is still substantial and requires more vigilant financial management, according to the organisation’s watchdog.
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25 Oct 21
The US budget deficit reached $2.77trn in 2020-21, the second highest ever after last year, as the government tried to contain the health and economic damage from Covid-19.
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21 Oct 21
Brazil’s economy minister has said the country’s spending cap could be breached to allow the government to expand its welfare programme.
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15 Oct 21
The Algerian government wants to reform its expensive system of subsidies next year as it tries to cut its deficit.
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11 Oct 21
The Australian Treasury has revealed it paid out $27bn (£14.6bn) in Covid-19 support payments to businesses that did not meet the criteria, but said it did not ask for the money back to protect the...
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27 Sep 21
Slovenia’s budget watchdog has told the government it cannot use Covid-19 as cover for high spending ahead of the general election next year.
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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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17 Sep 21
World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
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16 Sep 21
Colombia’s president has approved new tax reforms after lawmakers replaced proposals that sparked countrywide demonstrations against the government earlier this year.
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16 Sep 21
The majority of government agricultural support is harmful to society and the environment, a United Nations report has found.
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14 Sep 21
Transparency rules, digitalisation and a code of conduct for officials sit at the heart of measures to strengthen government procurement processes, writes Ljupco Nikolovski, deputy prime minister of...
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14 Sep 21
High-spending European governments managed the Covid-19 shock “very well”, despite suffering the worst recession in the EU era, the head of the OECD has said.
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13 Sep 21
US Democrats are looking to raise the country’s corporation tax rate to 26.5% to fund president Joe Biden’s spending plans.
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10 Sep 21
A focus on building relationships with communities is vital to avoid controversy over resources allocation, argues Katie Ludwig of the Government Finance Officers Association.
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9 Sep 21
Chinese government revenue and spending could match for the first time in more than three decades, even with Beijing looking to spur the economic recovery from Covid-19, a researcher has found.
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31 Aug 21
Solutions to fixing public procurement already exist – the challenge lies in the political will of governments to implement them.
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26 Aug 21
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised to tax financial services companies to help fund his housing programme if his government is re-elected next month.
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12 Aug 21
Water and sanitation is the best infrastructure investment to create jobs in developing countries, an International Monetary Fund economist has suggested.
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10 Aug 21
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro has revealed his proposal to pay for his government's rocketing court order costs through a fund financed by the sale of state-owned companies.
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10 Aug 21
The budget unveiled by Democrats in the US Senate contains $3.5trn of spending but fails to address the controversial issue of the government’s debt limit.
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4 Aug 21
Brazil’s federal government is preparing to pay 90bn reais (£12.5bn) in court orders next year, nearly twice its recent level, leading the economy minister to propose a solution likened to “a default...
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3 Aug 21
Israeli ministers have agreed on the first state budget since March 2018 after two years of political stalemate.
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2 Aug 21
Senate negotiators have unveiled a $1trn plan to invest in infrastructure in the US, after weeks of talks between the two main political parties.