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10 Nov 22
The Bangladeshi government has reached a provisional agreement on a $4.5bn loan package with the International Monetary Fund aimed at combating the cost-of-living crisis and increasing resilience...
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4 Nov 22
Surging oil and natural gas revenues will help push Qatar’s budget into surplus this year and over the medium term, meaning a credit rating upgrade is increasingly likely, ratings agency Moody’s has...
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28 Oct 22
The Egyptian government has reached an agreement on an $3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at supporting the budget and pushing forward “deep structural and governance reforms”.
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17 Oct 22
The Tunisian government has received provisional approval for a $1.9bn loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at financing reforms to improve social protection and government revenues.
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11 Oct 22
The acceleration of reforms aimed at collecting additional revenue and debt restructuring will help Sri Lanka to support its poorest and aid its financial recovery, economists at the World Bank have...
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12 Jul 22
“Economic scarring” from Covid-19 has been cited alongside high borrowing costs as the reason for ratings agency Moody’s lowering its judgement of Mexico’s debt affordability.
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15 Jun 22
The Malaysian government must provide greater support to states that are lagging behind their more developed and industrialised peers, according to the World Bank.
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10 Jan 22
Malaysia needs to accelerate efforts to improve revenue generation, to help provide more fiscal space for public spending and debt interest costs, according to the World Bank Group.
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28 May 21
African countries have been urged to step up cooperation on tax to raise money needed to support their economies through the economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
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5 Apr 19
Tax and administrative reforms in the Caribbean drove a rebound in public revenues in Latin America in 2017, reflecting an overall recovery in the regional economy.
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27 Sep 18
The Word Bank has approved $80m in loans to Somalia to assist with public finance reforms, marking the first funding for the government in more than 30 years.
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12 Mar 18
Ghana should improve revenue collection and reduce spending cuts to achieve fiscal targets, the International Monetary Fund has said.