Domestic revenue mobilization has been part of the international development agenda for many years. Finance ministries, the IMF, the World Bank and development institutions have spent much of the past decade asking how countries can strengthen their own revenue systems and finance more of their development domestically. What feels different in 2026 is the pressure surrounding that discussion. Debt servicing is absorbing more public resources, development assistance is under strain, investment needs remain substantial and governments are being asked to deliver more with increasingly limited fiscal room.

That is one of the issues I will be following closely on behalf of The RegTech, in Bangkok in October, where I will be participating around the IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meetings, taking place from October 12 to 18. My program on the sidelines will also include CNN Global Perspectives, the inaugural Asian edition of CNN’s live-event series, bringing together political leaders, international institutions and senior business figures to discuss the economic, technological and geopolitical forces shaping Asia. The speaker line-up includes Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, IMF Deputy Managing Director Bo Li, World Trade Organization........

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