Calum Rutter

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Japan to keep budget surplus target despite pandemic

Japan will not change its target to return to a budget surplus by 2025, despite its huge fiscal... Read more
IMF pandemic emergency support for Africa tops $13bn

Many African countries struggling with the health and economic effects of Covid-19 are relying on... Read more
Egyptian plan for universal health insurance wins World Bank support

Egypt is pushing forward with plans to create a universal health insurance system to support its... Read more
US withdraws from OECD talks on digital tax

Global talks aimed at creating an international tax system able to deal with huge multinational... Read more
Ethics in focus: combatting price fixing in Sri Lanka

In the first of a series exploring how public finance professionals are tackling ethical pressures... Read more
UK merger of DfID and Foreign Office branded ‘loss for world’s poorest’

Development organisations have criticised the UK government’s decision to merge its Department for... Read more
Pakistan looks to external finance instead of new taxes in budget

No new taxes have been levied to deal with the public finance toll of Covid-19 in Pakistan’s new... Read more
Legal marijuana taxes not a public finance panacea, think-tank warns

Tax income made from legalising recreational marijuana should only be used to pay for related... Read more
Auditor launches unemployment benefit fraud review after $500m falsely paid out

A wave of fraudulent unemployment-benefit claims has led the state audit office in Washington to... Read more
Study: tax yields could be increased by simply asking nicely

People are more likely to pay tax if the social good of the public services they pay for is... Read more

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