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Hitting the Mark: Design Choices in Targeted Refinancing
Muhammad Qaisar | 17 April 2025Monetary, Blog | Tags: Central Banks, Targeted Refinancing Lines
To target their objectives, central banks have a broad toolbox. Each of their instruments has impacts on a range of their goals and must be calibrated accordingly. The critical role... continue reading
FfD4 Countdown: A Watered-Down Proposal on Tax Expenditures Risks Undermining Countries’ Domestic Revenue Mobilization
Alexandra Readhead, Agustin Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang, Giovanni Occhiali and Hazel Granger | 17 April 2025Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Investment, Tax Expenditures
At the Fourth Conference on Financing for Development in June, countries must commit to greater oversight of tax expenditures, including implementing minimum reporting standards, and rationalizing ineffective or harmful tax... continue reading
A Renewed Urgency to Rationalize Tax Expenditures in Low- and Low-Middle Income Countries
Sanjeev Gupta and Agustin Redonda | 16 April 2025Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Tax Expenditures, Tax Reform
In this blog, we argue that the case for streamlining and reforming TEs has become even more urgent. This urgency arises from recent developments including the decisions by the United... continue reading
Inclusive Green Finance for Small Companies: Learning from Pilot Cities in China’s Zheijiang Province
16 April 2025 | 9.00 CET | Online | Co-hosted with AMROMonetary, Webinar | Tags: China, Entrepreneurship, Financial Inclusion, Green Finance
The webinar distilled lessons learned in Zhejiang province and explore the conditions under which new standards and digital platforms can bolster climate finance for small companies across ASEAN+3 countries and... continue reading
Climate Change and Inflation Targeting Frameworks
14 April 2025 | 18.00 CET | Online | Co-hosted with E-axes ForumMonetary, Webinar | Tags: Central Banks, Climate Risks, Financial Stability, Inflation
How can monetary policy adapt in a world where negative supply shocks caused by climate change as well as the introduction of carbon taxes may intensify persistent inflationary pressures?.... continue reading