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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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22 Jul 21
Colombia’s government has presented new tax reforms to replace earlier proposals that were scrapped amid mass protests.
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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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6 Apr 21
Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
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24 Jan 19
The world’s richest countries spent just over 20% of their GDP on average on social welfare last year, the OECD has revealed.