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21 Aug 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam outlines the role Sukuks are expected to play this year and beyond in Asia and the Middle East, as Covid-19 and low oil prices shake economies.
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21 Aug 20
A £16bn pay rise for Brazilian civil servants has been blocked by the president and the government’s lower house, amid the country’s public finances suffering because of Covid-19.
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19 Aug 20
CIPFA’s Alan Edwards has been appointed as chair of a committee working to improve public financial management in the Asia Pacific region.
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18 Aug 20
Denmark will tax banks and its richest citizens to pay for an early retirement scheme for physical labourers.
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18 Aug 20
Poor countries’ debt payments have reached their highest level since 2001, having grown by 115% in the past decade, new analysis has found.
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13 Aug 20
Higher funding needs from responding to Covid-19 along with declining oil sales will lead to greater sukuk issuance this year by the largest sovereign issuers, despite its decline as an overall share...
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11 Aug 20
Egypt’s progress on economic reforms has stalled while it responds to Covid-19, leading the IMF to agree a $5.2bn package to help see the government through the crisis.
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4 Aug 20
France’s home carers will each be given a ‘Covid-19 bonus’ in recognition of their work taking care of many of the nation’s elderly and people with disabilities.
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31 Jul 20
Japan has pushed its budget surplus target back because of the impact Covid-19 has had on the government’s finances.
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31 Jul 20
Covid-19 has shown that South Africa needs to improve its social protection system to ensure everyone living in poverty is supported, economists have argued in a report into the country.
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28 Jul 20
The asset management company Ireland created in response to the global financial crisis more than a decade ago is expected to return €4bn to the government over its lifetime.
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24 Jul 20
Australia’s budget deficit is expected to reach $185bn (£103bn) in the current financial year as the government battles against the health and economic crisis caused by coronavirus.
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21 Jul 20
The US response to Covid-19 has been particularly challenging for state and local governments, the IMF noted while examining the impact of the pandemic on the world’s largest economy.
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21 Jul 20
EU leaders have agreed a “massive” €750bn Covid-19 recovery package to help the 27 member states’ economies bounce back after the pandemic.
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16 Jul 20
Further high-level spending on health and social assistance programmes will be needed in Indonesia once the Covid-19 pandemic is over, the World Bank has said.
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14 Jul 20
European Commission plans for a post-pandemic recovery among the EU’s poorer members risk being misspent without greater direction from Brussels, the EU’s spending watchdog has warned.
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10 Jul 20
More than 1bn rubles earmarked by the Russian government for cultural projects have been redirected to its reserves as the country battles the Covid-19 crisis.
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10 Jul 20
A €5bn ‘Brexit reserve’ has been proposed by the European Council to deal with disruption caused to other members states when the UK’s transition phase ends in 2021.
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10 Jul 20
France must look to spending cuts rather than tax increases to help cap public debt during its economic recovery from the pandemic, the country’s central bank head has said.
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7 Jul 20
Proponents of universal basic income believe their case has been strengthened by the sudden shock of the pandemic, with several countries implementing emergency schemes, but what form should it take...
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6 Jul 20
Sovereign wealth and pension funds should seek investments that couple financial returns with societal and environmental benefits, researchers from the Inter-American Development Bank have argued.
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3 Jul 20
Black Lives Matter protests show there is a fiscal element to social justice, and should force governments to think about how to involve marginalised people in budget-setting, a transparency...
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3 Jul 20
Namibia is looking to set up a sovereign wealth fund to secure savings for its future, the country’s government has said.
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1 Jul 20
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted structural problems in the financial relationship between Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments, according to Muhammad Afnan Alam.
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30 Jun 20
The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security, through a commitment to spend more than $1bn over the next decade.
21 Aug 20Muhammad Afnan Alam outlines the role Sukuks are expected to play this year and beyond in Asia and the Middle East, as Covid-19 and low oil prices shake economies.
21 Aug 20A £16bn pay rise for Brazilian civil servants has been blocked by the president and the government’s lower house, amid the country’s public finances suffering because of Covid-19.
19 Aug 20CIPFA’s Alan Edwards has been appointed as chair of a committee working to improve public financial management in the Asia Pacific region.
18 Aug 20Denmark will tax banks and its richest citizens to pay for an early retirement scheme for physical labourers.
18 Aug 20Poor countries’ debt payments have reached their highest level since 2001, having grown by 115% in the past decade, new analysis has found.
11 Aug 20Egypt’s progress on economic reforms has stalled while it responds to Covid-19, leading the IMF to agree a $5.2bn package to help see the government through the crisis.
4 Aug 20France’s home carers will each be given a ‘Covid-19 bonus’ in recognition of their work taking care of many of the nation’s elderly and people with disabilities.
31 Jul 20Japan has pushed its budget surplus target back because of the impact Covid-19 has had on the government’s finances.
31 Jul 20Covid-19 has shown that South Africa needs to improve its social protection system to ensure everyone living in poverty is supported, economists have argued in a report into the country.
28 Jul 20The asset management company Ireland created in response to the global financial crisis more than a decade ago is expected to return €4bn to the government over its lifetime.
24 Jul 20Australia’s budget deficit is expected to reach $185bn (£103bn) in the current financial year as the government battles against the health and economic crisis caused by coronavirus.
21 Jul 20The US response to Covid-19 has been particularly challenging for state and local governments, the IMF noted while examining the impact of the pandemic on the world’s largest economy.
21 Jul 20EU leaders have agreed a “massive” €750bn Covid-19 recovery package to help the 27 member states’ economies bounce back after the pandemic.
16 Jul 20Further high-level spending on health and social assistance programmes will be needed in Indonesia once the Covid-19 pandemic is over, the World Bank has said.
14 Jul 20European Commission plans for a post-pandemic recovery among the EU’s poorer members risk being misspent without greater direction from Brussels, the EU’s spending watchdog has warned.
10 Jul 20More than 1bn rubles earmarked by the Russian government for cultural projects have been redirected to its reserves as the country battles the Covid-19 crisis.
10 Jul 20A €5bn ‘Brexit reserve’ has been proposed by the European Council to deal with disruption caused to other members states when the UK’s transition phase ends in 2021.
10 Jul 20France must look to spending cuts rather than tax increases to help cap public debt during its economic recovery from the pandemic, the country’s central bank head has said.
7 Jul 20Proponents of universal basic income believe their case has been strengthened by the sudden shock of the pandemic, with several countries implementing emergency schemes, but what form should it take...
6 Jul 20Sovereign wealth and pension funds should seek investments that couple financial returns with societal and environmental benefits, researchers from the Inter-American Development Bank have argued.
3 Jul 20Black Lives Matter protests show there is a fiscal element to social justice, and should force governments to think about how to involve marginalised people in budget-setting, a transparency...
3 Jul 20Namibia is looking to set up a sovereign wealth fund to secure savings for its future, the country’s government has said.
1 Jul 20The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted structural problems in the financial relationship between Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments, according to Muhammad Afnan Alam.
30 Jun 20The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security, through a commitment to spend more than $1bn over the next decade.
