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Slovakia Eyes 1% State Spending Cut and Budget-Rule Workarounds for 2027
Prime Minister Fico says a flat one-percent cut across public administration could replace lost transaction-tax revenue,...
Japan Details 61.6 Billion Yen Disaster Aid for Kumamoto and Chiba
Prime Minister Takaichi outlines special subsidies, SME debt relief and front-loaded local funding after requests from K...
Cape Verde Hosts Mozambique Audit Team for Public Finance Systems Exchange
Mozambique's General Inspectorate of State is spending ten days in Cape Verde studying the information systems behind fi...
Germany's Child Pension Plan: A Modest Step Away From Costly Pension Policy Mistakes
Germany's cabinet has approved a €10 monthly state pension contribution for every child from school age to 18. At just o...
Supreme Court Mediates Fresh Push to Unlock R$6.6bn Rescue for Banco de Brasília
A court-led conciliation meeting on 13 August will test whether federal officials, bankers and the DF government can sav...
French Economists Propose Broader Income Tax Base and Flat Withholding Rate to Fix Public Finances
Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau argue France must tax currently exempt revenues to fund growing climate and demogra...
Slovakia's Economic Literacy Shortfall, Seen Through a Mower Cutting Dead Grass
An opinion essay uses a municipal worker mowing a scorched lawn to argue that Slovakia's weak economic literacy lets pop...
Colombia's Top Business Group Calls for Coalition to Steady Economy After Election
The Andi business association urged a civil society-state alliance to anchor public finances, smooth the energy transiti...
Tinubu Tells Governors to Drop Low-Traffic Flyovers, Invest in Roads and Security
President Bola Tinubu urged state governors to stop building flyovers where traffic is sparse, redirecting funds to road...
Colombia’s wealth tax has raised COP 49 trillion over 20 years – but its economic role is smaller than it seems
Revenue from the wealth and equity tax reached COP 49 trillion between 2006 and 2025. In the first half of 2026, COP 776...
Brazil's Audit Court Probes R$5.2bn Reclassification in Health Spending Floor
The TCU will examine whether the government improperly added R$5.177 billion in judicial debts and Anvisa costs to the c...
PSPI Rankings: Why Nigeria Needs Deeper Governance Metrics, Not Just League Tables
Phillips Consulting’s 2026 PSPI report ranks Nigeria’s states on fiscal and governance performance. But analysts argue t...
Costa Rica Audit Finds 2,103 Deceased Beneficiaries on Social Protection Rolls, Jeopardizing $47 Million in Transfers
Costa Rica’s supreme audit found 2,103 deceased persons listed as beneficiaries of funds managed by the Junta de Protecc...
Japan Moves to Ease Sale of Inherited Land Taken by State as Unsellable Plots Mount
The Finance Ministry subcommittee approved simplified valuation and negotiated sales for land heirs relinquish to the go...
EU Emissions Trading Reform Defends Climate Goals as Finance Ministers Absorb Revenue Losses
The EU Commission’s new proposals balance industrial competitiveness with climate credibility by extending free carbon a...
N210bn Duplication Scandal: Atiku Demands Forensic Probe as Budget Integrity Under Fire
Former VP Atiku Abubakar calls for a forensic investigation after a BusinessDay report reveals over N210 billion in over...