Archive: April 2025

International Trade Law and Global Data Governance: the Digital Single Market in Africa

25 April 2025 |14.00-15.00 CET | Online
Trade, Webinar | Tags: Africa, Data Governance, Digital Economy, Services Trade
In a fireside-style conversation Rutendo Tavengerwei and Neha Mishra explore the interface between data governance in the African digital single market, national law, and global data governance frameworks. ... continue reading

Hitting the Mark: Design Choices in Targeted Refinancing

| 17 April 2025
Monetary, 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 of design choices in targeted refinancing operations is a case in point. ... continue reading

FfD4 Countdown: A Watered-Down Proposal on Tax Expenditures Risks Undermining Countries’ Domestic Revenue Mobilization

, , , and | 17 April 2025
Fiscal, 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 expenditures. ... continue reading

A Renewed Urgency to Rationalize Tax Expenditures in Low- and Low-Middle Income Countries

and | 16 April 2025
Fiscal, 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 States and the United Kingdom to significantly reduce their international aid budgets... ... 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 AMRO
Monetary, 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 beyond. ... continue reading