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Brazil receives IADB credit line to support tax management

10 November 2008

The Brazilian government is set to benefit from an IADB credit line to modernise the country's tax system.

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Brazil will receive a conditional credit line of $500 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) to finance its programme to help states modernise and integrate their fiscal, financial and asset management systems. Ceará, in the country's northeast, will be the first Brazilian state to benefit from the credit...


Poll

Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?

Yes – there will be more claims. The government’s actions allow traders, with PRI cover, to make claims through contract frustration.
8%
No - the majority of Russia’s wheat production, some 70%-80%, is used for domestic consumption so the contracts represent only a small portion of the total wheat market, limiting the amount of potential claims.
23%
No - traders had a week’s notice before the ban allowing them to secure alternative supplies to fulfil contracts stated as optional origin.
23%
Maybe - but claims are likely to be limited to traders dealing in soft wheat whose contracts demand they source wheat only from Russia.
46%