A budget for growth
As Pakistan prepares for its upcoming Budget 2025-26, it finds itself once again caught between the stringent demands of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and the aspirations of a…
Budget deficit still not being dealt with!
The Khan administration inherited two unsustainable deficits that continue to plague its seven and a half months long tenure: current account and budget deficit. The current account deficit by end…
India’s Budget
The Indian economy, despite its resilience and potential, faces a multitude of challenges as it passes through the complexities of a rapidly changing global economic environment. Persistent inflationary pressures, rising…
Budget, debt: Trump’s Treasury chief faces urgent challenges
President-elect Donald Trump’s new Treasury chief needs to hit the ground running once he takes office, tasked with rolling out his boss’s economic vision and grappling with the country’s debt…
IMF and provincial governments
Three provincial chief ministers from three competing political parties – Punjab (PML-N), Sindh (PPP) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PTI) — are vying with each other to deliver more to their people…
Budgetary system & fiscal governance
Pakistan’s budget process, while clearly defined in the 1973 Constitution, subordinate legislations like the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA), 2019 and guided by detailed manuals e.g. Budget Manual 2020, suffers…
German government collapse could have silver lining for Europe’s markets
The collapse of Germany’s government could have a silver lining for the euro zone’s ailing economy with potentially higher spending likely to support its currency and stock markets, even if…
Future of UN climate dialogue threatened by budget shortfal
The leading UN body on climate change is experiencing a severe budget shortfall, according to a Reuters analysis of documents from the world body - a funding gap that diplomats…
Budgets to empower women
HOW much do governments in Pakistan spend to empower women? What are the trends in allocating and expending budgets for facilities and institutions that help women and girls get equal…
Budgeting without people
BUDGET time is here again, with unending discussions of money in amounts most of us cannot fathom. Numbers amounting to billions and arabs — not to be mistaken for the Saudi…
