GQ (a)

How many emergency fiscal policy packages were introduced by the government in your country in response to the COVID-19 crisis? When were they approved, and what form did they take?

Guidelines
The researcher should list the emergency fiscal policy packages that were introduced by the government between 1 March and 30 September 2020, and provide a link to documents and information about each package (if published online) as well as the date each package was introduced (i.e. adopted by the executive or approved by the legislature).

The researcher should indicate, for each package listed, whether it was introduced as a supplementary budget, other specific legislation, a government decree or executive action, or any other policy or regulatory instrument (indicate which).

The researcher should also indicate if specific fiscal policy measures were introduced as part of the regular annual budget process, in case a new annual budget was approved between 1 March and 30 September 2020.

Researchers should also provide some general details on background and content for each of them. Links to official government sources and media coverage should be provided as supporting evidence.

For example, in the period under consideration, Nigeria introduced a revised budget in June, while Indonesia introduced three Presidential Orders/Regulations between March and June, and included additional measures in the 2021 budget, approved at the end of September. For a general summary of government policy responses to COVID-19 across countries that can be used as reference, see the IMF Policy Tracker (scroll down or use letter links to look for individual countries, then look for “Key Policy Responses”—FISCAL).