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, and | 30 June 2026 Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Africa, Tax Expenditures The views expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management. Introduction Budgets are the central policy instrument for articulating government priorities, allocating scarce resources, and determining the fiscal stance.

and | 23 June 2026 Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Switzerland, Tax Expenditures This report is part of a series of country reports on national tax expenditure regimes, published by the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), covering topics such as transparency, the fiscal cost of tax expenditures, benchmarking, evaluations and the political economy of tax expenditure reforms.

Upcoming: 23 June | 15.30-19.00 CEST | Bern, Switzerland Fiscal, Panel | Tags: Switzerland, Tax Expenditures CEP is hosting the launch of the Tax Expenditures Country Report for Switzerland, co-authored by Peter Hongler (University of St. Gallen) and Agustin Redonda (CEP) on 23 June 2026.

| 5 June 2026 Fiscal, Policy Briefs | Tags: Decarbonization, Energy, Industrial Policy, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures Affordable, secure, and clean energy is a central goal for policymakers worldwide.

Upcoming: 11 June 2026 | 14.00-15.30 CEST | Online Fiscal, Workshops | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Industrial Policy, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures REGISTRATION The next meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures (CoP), co-hosted with ATI and IDOS will focus on tax incentives for investments. Governments around the world make extensive use of tax incentives to promote investment and encourage specific economic and social outcomes.

Governments are increasingly relying on a diverse mix of fiscal, regulatory, and trade and investment measures often deployed as part of broader industrial strategies to catalyse change. Among these, green tax incentives have emerged as a key instrument to mobilise private investment, lower the cost of clean energy technologies, and accelerate the shift to low-carbon and resilient growth.

and | 20 May 2026 Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures, Zimbabwe This report is part of a series of country reports on national tax expenditure regimes, published by the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), covering topics such as transparency, the fiscal cost of tax expenditures, benchmarking, evaluations and the political economy of tax expenditure reforms.

| 18 May 2026 Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Gender, Inequality, Tax Expenditures, VAT Value added tax (VAT) – in some countries known as goods and services tax (GST)[i] – is one of the most important revenue sources for the 21st-century tax and welfare state. This holds true for OECD Member Countries as well as EU Member States, and more so for low-income countries.

and | 24 April 2026 Monetary, Policy Briefs | Tags: China, Decarbonization, Growth, Macroprudential Policy, Policy Coherence In August 2025, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced a pilot project for green foreign debt financing to expand Chinese firms’ access to foreign funding for green or low-carbon transformation projects. Such cross-border funding of low-carbon investments has become increasingly important around the globe.

| 23 April 2026 Monetary, Op-Eds | Tags: ASEAN+3, Central Banks, Financial Supervision, Macroprudential Policy, Systemic Risks This op-ed was first published in The Business Times. The Philippines deserves genuine credit for its stewardship of this year’s Asean Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM). Various novel risks and challenges have been discussed – from geoeconomic and geopolitical risks to cross border payments, financial resilience and climate risk management.