WASHINGTON, May 5: Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said on Tuesday that she's optimistic for a global
After spending heavily to support their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Asia and the Pacific need to look to tax and financial management reforms to mobilize resources for a sustainable, equitable recovery.
“The health crisis offers a unique opportunity for countries to mobilize domestic resources and reshape their tax systems to create more equitable and environmentally sustainable societies for the long term.”
Since early 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst health crisis in a century, has forced governments in Asia and the Pacific to carry out unprecedented
1 levels of spending to try to preserve services, prop up businesses, and protect jobs as economies slumped and tax revenue plummeted.
News Release | 3 May 2021
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 May 2021)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today launched an Asia Pacific Tax Hub to create an open and inclusive platform to promote strategic policy dialogue, improve knowledge sharing, and strengthen coordination on tax policy and administration among ADB, its members, and development partners.
The hub will maximize regional and international resources to strengthen domestic resource mobilization (DRM) and international tax cooperation (ITC) in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).
“Domestic resource mobilization has emerged as a major strategic priority for our DMCs at this moment. It will be vital in the effort to address debt sustainability and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,” ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said in a seminar at ADB’s 54th Annual Meeting. “The lack of a pan-regional tax community has been a unique and significant shortcoming for Asia and the Pacific. To address thi
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