All posts by Kevin Sorkin

  • Protecting nations, respecting rights

    Ban Ki Moon has outlined the UN’s priorities in security sector reform. Here’s what he told the Security Council Reforms to national security in UN member states should keep clearly

    • Posted April 30, 2014
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  • Employment rate up in OECD area at end of 2013

    The latest figures from the OECD show that the employment rate of its member countries went up by 0.1 per cent overall in the final quarter of 2013. That puts

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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  • Netherlands encouraged to coordinate reforms for economic growth

    The economic outlook for the Netherlands looks promising, but work needs to be done by its government to coordinate reforms and boost growth in the country. That’s the verdict of

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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  • IMF: Jordan’s economic programme “broadly on track”

    A programme of economic reform is continuing to yield positive results in Jordan, according to its latest consultation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF recently completed stages three

    • Posted April 26, 2014
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  • Government of Peru arrests 28 terror suspects

    The government of Peru has arrested 28 leaders and members of a front organisation for the Shining Path terrorist group. The arrests came after a concerted effort to track down

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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  • The health of the health service

    Is the UK’s NHS at breaking point? A new report suggests it might be, as Tim Gibson explains For many, it is the jewel in the crown of the UK

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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  • Queensland government goes online to cut costs

    The government of Queensland in Australia is moving its ICT operation to the cloud, in a bid to reduce costs by a reported AUS $13.7 million over the next three

    • Posted April 20, 2014
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  • Columbia urged to consider environment and economy

    The OECD has urged the government of Columbia to steer economic development in an “environmentally sustainable and socially equitable direction.” In its first ever ‘Environmental Performance Review of Columbia’, the

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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  • Understanding choices, shaping citizens

    How do governments help citizens make better choices? Behavioural insights can help, as Graham Scott discovers If there’s one thing that can be said with certainty about human beings, it

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • UN Commission calls for increased gender equality

    The 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women ended in New York with a strong call to prioritise gender equality and the human rights of women.

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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