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Japan creeps towards fiscal balance

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JAPAN

Expenditures at 96.3 trillion yen (826 billion dollars) will be the highest ever, with almost one-quarter allocated to servicing the government's debt. However, the deficit is…

Taxes alone will not close the wealth gap in Africa

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AFRICA

Taxation effects on inequality in Africa.

China's fiscal system will adapt as economy transforms

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CHINA

Fiscal reform in China.

Australian income tax changes will have limited impact

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AUSTRALIA

Labor’s changes reduce help for higher earners and instead prioritise workers on low and middle incomes. Parties on the political right have condemned the move, but opinion polls…

North America's cannabis sector has enormous scope

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INTERNATIONAL

The US cannabis market.

China's boom in entrepreneurship comes at a heavy cost

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CHINA

Entrepreneurship in China.

Lasso faces major economic challenges in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

Lasso has promised to maintain the pro-market policies of the last four years, hoping they will revive Ecuador’s stagnant economy as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic subside…

China's CPEC carries heavy economic risks for Pakistan

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PAKISTAN/CHINA

Economic risks to Pakistan posed by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Expanding East African tax base will face resistance

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EAST AFRICA

Member states' national budgets include plans to increase taxation of the informal economy. Governments have several reasons for broadening tax bases: budget deficits, increasing…

Abe's ambitious plan targets Japan's key risks

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JAPAN

The Abe government's new fiscal plans.