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15 Oct 21
The Algerian government wants to reform its expensive system of subsidies next year as it tries to cut its deficit.
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11 Oct 21
The Australian Treasury has revealed it paid out $27bn (£14.6bn) in Covid-19 support payments to businesses that did not meet the criteria, but said it did not ask for the money back to protect the...
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27 Sep 21
Slovenia’s budget watchdog has told the government it cannot use Covid-19 as cover for high spending ahead of the general election next year.
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23 Sep 21
World Bank researchers expect 52 countries to cut spending per head to below pre-pandemic levels in the next five years, despite the world economy gradually recovering from the Covid-19 crash.
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17 Sep 21
World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
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16 Sep 21
Colombia’s president has approved new tax reforms after lawmakers replaced proposals that sparked countrywide demonstrations against the government earlier this year.
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16 Sep 21
The majority of government agricultural support is harmful to society and the environment, a United Nations report has found.
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14 Sep 21
Transparency rules, digitalisation and a code of conduct for officials sit at the heart of measures to strengthen government procurement processes, writes Ljupco Nikolovski, deputy prime minister of...
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14 Sep 21
High-spending European governments managed the Covid-19 shock “very well”, despite suffering the worst recession in the EU era, the head of the OECD has said.
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13 Sep 21
US Democrats are looking to raise the country’s corporation tax rate to 26.5% to fund president Joe Biden’s spending plans.
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10 Sep 21
A focus on building relationships with communities is vital to avoid controversy over resources allocation, argues Katie Ludwig of the Government Finance Officers Association.
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9 Sep 21
Chinese government revenue and spending could match for the first time in more than three decades, even with Beijing looking to spur the economic recovery from Covid-19, a researcher has found.
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31 Aug 21
Solutions to fixing public procurement already exist – the challenge lies in the political will of governments to implement them.
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26 Aug 21
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised to tax financial services companies to help fund his housing programme if his government is re-elected next month.
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12 Aug 21
Water and sanitation is the best infrastructure investment to create jobs in developing countries, an International Monetary Fund economist has suggested.
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10 Aug 21
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro has revealed his proposal to pay for his government's rocketing court order costs through a fund financed by the sale of state-owned companies.
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10 Aug 21
The budget unveiled by Democrats in the US Senate contains $3.5trn of spending but fails to address the controversial issue of the government’s debt limit.
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4 Aug 21
Brazil’s federal government is preparing to pay 90bn reais (£12.5bn) in court orders next year, nearly twice its recent level, leading the economy minister to propose a solution likened to “a default...
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3 Aug 21
Israeli ministers have agreed on the first state budget since March 2018 after two years of political stalemate.
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2 Aug 21
Senate negotiators have unveiled a $1trn plan to invest in infrastructure in the US, after weeks of talks between the two main political parties.
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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.
15 Oct 21The Algerian government wants to reform its expensive system of subsidies next year as it tries to cut its deficit.
11 Oct 21The Australian Treasury has revealed it paid out $27bn (£14.6bn) in Covid-19 support payments to businesses that did not meet the criteria, but said it did not ask for the money back to protect the...
27 Sep 21Slovenia’s budget watchdog has told the government it cannot use Covid-19 as cover for high spending ahead of the general election next year.
23 Sep 21World Bank researchers expect 52 countries to cut spending per head to below pre-pandemic levels in the next five years, despite the world economy gradually recovering from the Covid-19 crash.
17 Sep 21World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
16 Sep 21Colombia’s president has approved new tax reforms after lawmakers replaced proposals that sparked countrywide demonstrations against the government earlier this year.
16 Sep 21The majority of government agricultural support is harmful to society and the environment, a United Nations report has found.
14 Sep 21Transparency rules, digitalisation and a code of conduct for officials sit at the heart of measures to strengthen government procurement processes, writes Ljupco Nikolovski, deputy prime minister of...
14 Sep 21High-spending European governments managed the Covid-19 shock “very well”, despite suffering the worst recession in the EU era, the head of the OECD has said.
13 Sep 21US Democrats are looking to raise the country’s corporation tax rate to 26.5% to fund president Joe Biden’s spending plans.
10 Sep 21A focus on building relationships with communities is vital to avoid controversy over resources allocation, argues Katie Ludwig of the Government Finance Officers Association.
9 Sep 21Chinese government revenue and spending could match for the first time in more than three decades, even with Beijing looking to spur the economic recovery from Covid-19, a researcher has found.
31 Aug 21Solutions to fixing public procurement already exist – the challenge lies in the political will of governments to implement them.
26 Aug 21Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised to tax financial services companies to help fund his housing programme if his government is re-elected next month.
12 Aug 21Water and sanitation is the best infrastructure investment to create jobs in developing countries, an International Monetary Fund economist has suggested.
10 Aug 21Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro has revealed his proposal to pay for his government's rocketing court order costs through a fund financed by the sale of state-owned companies.
10 Aug 21The budget unveiled by Democrats in the US Senate contains $3.5trn of spending but fails to address the controversial issue of the government’s debt limit.
4 Aug 21Brazil’s federal government is preparing to pay 90bn reais (£12.5bn) in court orders next year, nearly twice its recent level, leading the economy minister to propose a solution likened to “a default...
3 Aug 21Israeli ministers have agreed on the first state budget since March 2018 after two years of political stalemate.
2 Aug 21Senate negotiators have unveiled a $1trn plan to invest in infrastructure in the US, after weeks of talks between the two main political parties.
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.
