Successful economies have increasingly recognised the importance of improving access to data collected by governments. Accurate, timely and easily accessible data helps private sector growth and results in improved delivery ...

Government budget decisions—what taxes to levy, what services to provide, and how much debt to take on—affect how equal a society is and the well being of its people, including whether the most disadvantaged will have real ...

Multilateral and bilateral borrowing is often favoured by governments such as Sri Lanka because such financing tends to have ‘concessional’ elements, relative to the international financial markets. However, the cost ...