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29 Jul 21
US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government’s $600bn of procurement spending each year in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing.
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20 Jul 21
Worldwide protests over policing methods mean the focus on how to best spend money on preventing and tackling crime has never been more acute.
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13 Jul 21
The need to act fast to save lives is a poor excuse for Covid-19 procurement scandals – better crisis preparation is needed.
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6 Jul 21
The G7 did not show enough ambition on climate finance, posing problems for the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow later this year, argues Andrew Leming, researcher at the think-tank Bright Blue.
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5 Jul 21
Joe Biden’s social and infrastructure spending has been tipped to still have a noticeable impact on GDP in a decade’s time because he is targeting long-term benefits to the economy.
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28 Jun 21
The Sudanese government is slashing spending on government business and spending more on social programmes, the country’s cabinet has said.
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25 Jun 21
A bipartisan group of US politicians have reached an agreement on an infrastructure bill initially valued at $953bn, including the creation of a new Infrastructure Financing Authority.
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10 Jun 21
Local governments in the Philippines will receive a share of all national taxes from 2022, when they will take on more responsibilities, the country’s president has confirmed.
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4 Jun 21
Better tax administration would help African countries adopt transformative social protection policies such as minimum income schemes to spur development and ensure nobody is left behind, a report...
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3 Jun 21
European Union governments can keep supporting their economies with huge fiscal stimulus after the bloc’s executive extended the suspension of deficit limit rules to help spur the recovery from Covid...
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1 Jun 21
Policies for Covid-19 recovery should be targeted at creating new employment through start-up businesses, argue academics Petr Sedláček and Vincent Sterk.
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28 May 21
Nearly a third of the European Union’s long-term budget will likely be used to reduce economic and social inequality within the bloc, after leaders formally adopted a €330bn package of support.
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27 May 21
Russia’s aim to halve poverty by 2030 would be easier and more cost-effective if it introduced a guaranteed minimum income programme rather than expand its existing social safety net, the World Bank...
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26 May 21
Widespread lapses in accountability plagued the global response to Covid-19 and recovery efforts will require far stronger oversight, the International Budget Partnership has found.
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19 May 21
Governments need to spend far more on research and development on clean energy if the world is to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency has said.
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11 May 21
A “more prosperous and sustainable future” is possible if G7 countries step up public investment in the coming decade, a group of academics has said.
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6 May 21
New Zealand has been urged to scale up its interventions in the labour market to ensure its recovery does not leave sections of society behind.
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23 Apr 21
The European Commission has a poor understanding of the value for money provided by its expensive space programmes due to flawed methodology, according to the European Union’s spending watchdog.
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23 Apr 21
Resources to fight new forms of warfare cannot simply be found from cuts to traditional areas of defence.
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20 Apr 21
Defence spending is set to accelerate in 2021, but Covid-19 poses big questions about whether that growth is sustainable, writes Fenella McGerty.
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15 Apr 21
Efficiently shifting workers from unviable parts of the economy to growth sectors will halve medium term scarring to the European economy after Covid-19, according to a leading IMF official.
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14 Apr 21
A new book argues that the US moon programme can inform a new approach to public procurement – but lands short
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8 Apr 21
Japan could supplement its record budget, passed last month, if pandemic costs rise, a senior official has said.
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31 Mar 21
The world’s 69 poorest countries will need to spend $450bn by 2025 to respond to Covid-19 and accelerate their income convergence with advanced economies, the IMF has said.
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24 Mar 21
Africa will need to be able to manufacture its own vaccines to speed up its economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, a United Nations panel has been told.
29 Jul 21US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government’s $600bn of procurement spending each year in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing.
20 Jul 21Worldwide protests over policing methods mean the focus on how to best spend money on preventing and tackling crime has never been more acute.
13 Jul 21The need to act fast to save lives is a poor excuse for Covid-19 procurement scandals – better crisis preparation is needed.
6 Jul 21The G7 did not show enough ambition on climate finance, posing problems for the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow later this year, argues Andrew Leming, researcher at the think-tank Bright Blue.
28 Jun 21The Sudanese government is slashing spending on government business and spending more on social programmes, the country’s cabinet has said.
25 Jun 21A bipartisan group of US politicians have reached an agreement on an infrastructure bill initially valued at $953bn, including the creation of a new Infrastructure Financing Authority.
10 Jun 21Local governments in the Philippines will receive a share of all national taxes from 2022, when they will take on more responsibilities, the country’s president has confirmed.
4 Jun 21Better tax administration would help African countries adopt transformative social protection policies such as minimum income schemes to spur development and ensure nobody is left behind, a report...
3 Jun 21European Union governments can keep supporting their economies with huge fiscal stimulus after the bloc’s executive extended the suspension of deficit limit rules to help spur the recovery from Covid...
1 Jun 21Policies for Covid-19 recovery should be targeted at creating new employment through start-up businesses, argue academics Petr Sedláček and Vincent Sterk.
28 May 21Nearly a third of the European Union’s long-term budget will likely be used to reduce economic and social inequality within the bloc, after leaders formally adopted a €330bn package of support.
27 May 21Russia’s aim to halve poverty by 2030 would be easier and more cost-effective if it introduced a guaranteed minimum income programme rather than expand its existing social safety net, the World Bank...
26 May 21Widespread lapses in accountability plagued the global response to Covid-19 and recovery efforts will require far stronger oversight, the International Budget Partnership has found.
19 May 21Governments need to spend far more on research and development on clean energy if the world is to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency has said.
11 May 21A “more prosperous and sustainable future” is possible if G7 countries step up public investment in the coming decade, a group of academics has said.
6 May 21New Zealand has been urged to scale up its interventions in the labour market to ensure its recovery does not leave sections of society behind.
23 Apr 21Resources to fight new forms of warfare cannot simply be found from cuts to traditional areas of defence.
20 Apr 21Defence spending is set to accelerate in 2021, but Covid-19 poses big questions about whether that growth is sustainable, writes Fenella McGerty.
15 Apr 21Efficiently shifting workers from unviable parts of the economy to growth sectors will halve medium term scarring to the European economy after Covid-19, according to a leading IMF official.
14 Apr 21A new book argues that the US moon programme can inform a new approach to public procurement – but lands short
8 Apr 21Japan could supplement its record budget, passed last month, if pandemic costs rise, a senior official has said.
31 Mar 21The world’s 69 poorest countries will need to spend $450bn by 2025 to respond to Covid-19 and accelerate their income convergence with advanced economies, the IMF has said.
24 Mar 21Africa will need to be able to manufacture its own vaccines to speed up its economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, a United Nations panel has been told.
