Archive: March 2026

Insurance Protection for Climate-Resilient Progress

| 27 March 2026
Fiscal, Monetary, Op-Eds | Tags: Climate Risks, Insurance, Vietnam
This op-ed was first published in the Vietnam Investment Review. The World Bank has estimated that about $300 billion of the country’s commercial and industrial assets are vulnerable to climate-related disasters. Patrick Lenain, senior associate at the Council on Economic Policies, looks at the gaps ... continue reading

Fortifying the Role of Finance After Indonesia’s Floods

and | 14 March 2026
Monetary, Op-Eds | Tags: Climate Risks, Financial Stability, Governing Finance, Indonesia, Macroprudential Policy
The floods are a stark reminder that finance is never neutral. When well governed, it can absorb shocks, speed reconstruction and strengthen resilience. When misaligned, it can amplify fragilities and lock in future risks. ... continue reading

Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity in ASEAN

12 March 2026 | Singapore | Co-hosted with AMRO and SEACEN | By Invitation
Monetary, Roundtables | Tags: ASEAN+3, Central Banks, Economic Growth, Financial Supervision, Governing Finance
Central banks, financial regulators and supervisors play a critical role in building resilient financial markets and economies amidst novel risks, and to unlock the opportunities associated with the deep structural changes ahead.  ... continue reading

How Ministries of Finance can Support Coherent Climate Policy Packages | Panel Discussion & Launch

10 March 2026 | 15.00 CET | Online
Fiscal, Panel | Tags: Carbon Pricing, Decarbonization, Energy, Industrial Policy, Innovation, Policy Coherence, Tax Expenditures
This webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, presented key findings from a new report on how finance ministries can design and support coherent climate policy packages. ... continue reading

Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity in South Korea

9 March 2026 | Seoul, South Korea | Co-hosted with AMRO and SEACEN | By Invitation
Monetary, Roundtables | Tags: Economic Growth, Financial Supervision, Governing Finance, South Korea, Systemic Risks
Welfare and economic growth in South Korea depend increasingly depend on the country’s capacity to align economic priorities with the need to address long-term structural transformations. Immediate challenges are deeply interlinked with longer-term shifts, including the digitalization of finance, population ageing, the green transition, and ... continue reading

Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity in Japan

5 March 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | Co-hosted with AMRO and SEACEN | By Invitation
Monetary, Roundtables | Tags: Economic Growth, Financial Supervision, Governing Finance, Japan, Systemic Risks
Welfare and economic growth in Japan depend increasingly depend on the country’s capacity to align economic priorities with the need to address long-term structural transformations. Immediate challenges are deeply interlinked with longer-term shifts, including the digitalization of finance, population ageing, the green transition, and accelerating ... continue reading

Upgrading Housing: the Potential and Limits of Borrower-Based Measures

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Monetary, Discussion Notes | Tags: Credit Risk, Energy, Financial Stability, Housing, Macroprudential Policy
This paper explores how borrower-based measures (BBMs) can be adjusted to provide additional funding for housing-related energy-efficiency investments without compromising financial stability objectives. ... continue reading

Governing Tax Expenditures: Lessons from Four Advanced and Emerging Market Economies

, and | 2 March 2026
Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Brazil, Domestic Revenue Mobilization, France, India, Tax Expenditures, United Kingdom
This blog builds on four Tax Expenditures Country Reports published within the series hosted by CEP and IDOS, and shows how Brazil, France, India, and the United Kingdom govern tax expenditures across three critical dimensions: benchmark definition, reporting, and evaluation. ... continue reading

7th Virtual Meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures: Tax Gap Analysis with TE Data

26 February 2026 | 15.00-16.30 CET | Online
Fiscal, Workshops | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, GTED, Tax Expenditures
The latest meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax Expenditures (CoP), organised in cooperation with the ATI Community of Interest on Tax Gap, focused on tax gap analysis with particular emphasis on the use of TE data. ... continue reading