Investing in the early years is one of the smartest things a country can do to eliminate extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and create the human capital needed for economies to diversify and ...

As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, fiscal policy becomes the backbone of every major announcement from tax relief and welfare schemes to infrastructure push and borrowing plans. The Budget is not ...

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal policy on inflation expectations across a large sample of advanced economies (AEs) and emerging market economies (EMs). We identify episodes of significant ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India’s fiscal deficit will remain within the 4.4% target for FY25 despite ...