Economy
States urged to adopt code for fiscal prudence
THE Advisory Group on Fiscal Transparency has recommended that the Finance Secretaries Forum determine a set of minimum standards on transparency which all State Governments should achieve within a three-year period.

OECD treatise on eradication of poverty
THOUGH economic growth and low or falling unemployment rates in many rich countries have brought down poverty rates, many individual and families in the rich world still live in conditions of deprivation with high attendant risks of social exclusion, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said.

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