In India, where welfare programmes have boosted the living standards of the poor, consumption will inevitably be higher and ...

We, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG), met on 17 and 18 July 2025, in Durban, South Africa. Under the G20 South African ...

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As Trump gears up for a trip to the UK next week to finalize a trade deal with PM Starmer, he finds himself looking slightly ...

Over the last several decades, you could count on your fingers (and maybe a few toes) the number of government programs that have been canceled — no matter how obsolete, inefficient or wasteful they ...

Even President Reagan, who called for the cancellation of scores of programs, couldn’t get Congress to end the eternal ...

But to quote the back-in-vogue poet of the people, Bob Dylan, the times they are a-changing in Washington. Last week the ...

LECON Finance Company Limited has a rich legacy. It began in 1977 as a result of Nigeria’s indigenisation policy. At the time ...

Oxfam has said African countries like Malawi face the risk of long-term social and economic reversal due to an escalating ...

Amid this backdrop, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is supporting a labor-backed bill that revamps the SHBP and is set for a ...

This background note provides more detail on the key findings for the health sector from the forthcoming World Bank 2025 ...

Yesterday, the broadsheets reported the approval by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. Unfortunately, only the headline figures are available as ...