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Renovations begin at the CBSA’s Regional Processing Centre in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) today began

Since age 15, Mehdi and Adnan have been held by a system that considers them illegal. Eight years later, they ask: Why?

Tax revenues in Asia and the Pacific hit by pre-COVID economic slowdown   21/07/2021 – Tax revenues fell in 2019 in two-thirds of economies across Asia and the Pacific as a result of an economic slowdown prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new OECD report.   Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific 2021, launched today at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) workshop on tax policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, shows that the average tax-to-GDP ratio for the 24 economies in the Asia-Pacific region covered by the report was 21.0% in 2019. This is below the average ...

ADB predicts modest growth for Pacific economies this year ADB predicts modest growth for Pacific economies this year May 03, 2021 The Asian Development Bank expects Pacific Island economies to return to positive growth this year, although at different rates, and with a great deal riding on successful vaccine roll-outs. Pacific economies contracted by an estimated 5.8% last year due to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on tourism and trade flows, and construction activity. The region's economies are forecast to recovery to 1.4% this year, and 3.8% in 2022, although this ...

Pacific to Return to Positive Growth in 2021 — ADB News Release | 28 April 2021 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (28 April 2021) — The Pacific is forecast to return to positive growth in 2021, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) released today. But the region’s outlook remains subject to significant risks, and there is considerable variability across the 14 Pacific developing member countries (DMCs). The DMC economies were estimated to have contracted by 5.8% in 2020 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic directly impacted tourism and trade flows and affected constr...