All posts tagged "IMF"

• 
  The coming generation of tax vehicles

  Taxation can be a powerful policy instrument, influencing social as well as economic change. And as Gavin O’Toole finds, a growing number of governments are using fiscal tools to shape

  • Posted March 19, 2018
  • 0
• 
  New commissioners appointed to promote British trade in key markets

  The UK government has begun appointing a set of new trade commissioners, in a bid to strengthen its support for exports as the country faces an uncertain future outside the

  • Posted February 18, 2018
  • 0
• 
  The public finance tools that marry economy and environment

  For years, China has been using subsidies and taxation to build its solar power equipment industries – and as a result, it dominates world markets. Now other countries are using

  • Posted October 16, 2017
  • 0
• 
  Africa builds defences against budget shocks

  Often exposed to natural disasters and dependent on a handful of commodity industries, African countries can find that sudden shocks leave big holes in their public finances. But as Gavin

  • Posted August 3, 2017
  • 0
• 
  G20 fuel subsidy cuts agenda weakening, despite Latin American progress

  The G20’s members promised nearly a decade ago to phase out fuel subsidies, and several Latin American countries have taken a political hit to advance the agenda. But the agenda

  • Posted July 24, 2017
  • 0
• 
  IMF champions move towards ‘gender budgeting’

  With Italy putting gender equality at the heart of its G7 presidency, there’s growing interest in public finance managers’ potential to help women play a greater role in economic growth.

  • Posted July 23, 2017
  • 0
• 
  IMF and Eurozone loan to cover Greece’s July debt repayment

  Greece has reached agreement with its European creditors on a new bail-out programme aimed at preventing another summer debt crisis. The 11th hour deal struck at the Eurogroup meeting of

  • Posted June 19, 2017
  • 0
• 
  Brazil boosts analysis of risks to public finances

  Brazil has beefed up the way it assesses risks to its public finances after the International Monetary Fund identified “weaknesses” in planning. Amid deteriorating economic conditions, the country’s treasury has

  • Posted May 25, 2017
  • 0
• 
  Pensions reform aims to tackle Brazilian deficit

  Violent clashes outside Brazil’s parliament have underlined fierce opposition to pension reforms, aimed at balancing the country’s troubled public finances, which could raise the minimum retirement age to 65. Off-duty

  • Posted April 21, 2017
  • 0
• 
  IMF warns of threat to global stability from productivity slowdown

  Policy makers worldwide must take urgent action to reverse a slowdown in global productivity growth that could undermine living standards and threaten social stability, the head of the International Monetary

  • Posted April 5, 2017
  • 1