Nature, Finance and the Macroeconomy: Risks, Impacts and Feedback Effects
19-20 October 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Conferences,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risk,
Financial Risks,
Financial Supervisors,
Macroprudential Policy,
Nature Risks
Nature loss and degradation have implications in the fields of macroeconomics, finance, and environmental policy studies. The conference held in Kuala Lumpur addressed these questions.
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Tax Expenditures and Public Scrutiny – Launching the Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI)
9-10 October 2023 | Zurich, Switzerland
Conferences,
Fiscal | Tags:
Tax Expenditures
The Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index (GTETI) is the first comparative assessment of tax expenditure (TE) reporting that covers countries worldwide.
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ATI Follow-up Technical Meeting on Tax Expenditures (West Africa)
18-20 September 2023 | Accra, Ghana | By Invitation
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Tax Expenditures
The Follow-up Technical Meeting on Tax Expenditures to be held in Accra, Ghana, provided an opportunity to discuss the tools and methods required for tackling the more technical aspects of tax expenditure estimation, reporting, and evaluation in the region.
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Governing Finance and Climate Change – The Role of Central Banks and Financial Supervisors in Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risks
13 April 2023 | Washington, D.C., United States
Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Supervision
The Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) at GWU, in partnership with the Council on Economic Policies, recently hosted a morning event on Governing Finance and Climate Change in Washington.
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ATI Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures (Asia): Key Takeaways
1-3 March 2023 | Manila, Philippines
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Tax Expenditures
The ATI Regional Workshop on tax expenditures with a focus on Asia brought together nearly 60 participants from 13 countries who shared a common commitment to enhancing national frameworks in the tax expenditure field.
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How to Ensure Climate and Environmental Risk Resilience of Central Bank Operations and the Financial System
23 November 2022 | Singapore
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Supervision
CEP together with AMRO and SEACEN co-hosted a roundtable for central bankers and financial supervisors to exchange experiences, ideas and best practices on how to account for climate and environmental risks in central banking and financial supervision. The discussions covered (1) the challenges of climate
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ATI Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures (East Africa) – Estimation, Reporting and Evaluation
18-19 October 2022 | Nairobi, Kenya
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Tax Expenditures
With around 50 participants from 9 countries attending, the workshop proved the growing engagement of different stakeholders in the region concerning the topic of tax expenditures monitoring and reform.
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First ATI Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures (West Africa)
27-28 July 2022 | Lagos, Nigeria
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Tax Expenditures
First in the series focused on West Africa, with around 70 participants from 18 countries attending, the First ATI Regional Workshop on Tax Expenditures held in Nigeria (Lagos, 27-28 July, 2022) provided insightful discussions and takeaways...
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Liberalizing Services Trade. Insights from the OECD STRI
17 February 2022 16:00-17:00 CET | Online
Panel,
Trade | Tags:
Services Trade,
Trade Liberalization
Global services trade regulations showed signs of liberalization in 2021, hitting a pause button on the steady rise in trade barriers witnessed in previous years. According to the recently released 2021 Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), services liberalization outpaced new restrictions during 2021. This however
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Trade in Environmental Services – Lowering the Barriers, Seizing the Benefits
8 December 2021 10:00-11:30 CET | Online
Roundtables,
Trade | Tags:
Environmental Services,
Green Growth,
Services Trade
Major disruptions have often triggered technological revolutions and transitions to a new way of organizing production and consumption. The recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is such an opportunity for change. Technologies for a green recovery have matured over the past decade, and popular demand for
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