All posts by Knowledge Partner Mastercard
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PULSE: Helping civil servants accelerate policy delivery
It is crucial that government policymaking is informed by the best possible data – and a competition by Global Government Forum and Mastercard is set to provide public servants with
- Posted September 17, 2025
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Need for speed: using real-time data to improve government delivery
As governments work to meet citizens’ ever higher expectations of public services, they increasingly need good data fast. At a Mastercard webinar, experts discussed the growing appetite for real-time and
- Posted January 24, 2024
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Mastercard Economics Institute’s Economic Outlook 2024: Striking a balance between prices and priorities
The start of the 2020s brought unprecedented fluctuations in the global economy, but next year marks a new chapter. In 2024, consumers and businesses large and small will face crucial
- Posted December 13, 2023
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Right on the money: translating the disbursements learnings of yesterday to the government to person payments of tomorrow
Transforming the way money reaches citizens is a fundamental task for governments as they get to grips with the future of public services. At a Mastercard webinar, experts discussed why
- Posted November 1, 2023
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Big phish, little phish: how governments can secure small business digital ecosystems
As the number of cyber incidents multiply, governments have a growing responsibility to support vulnerable segments of the economy in bolstering their cyber defenses. A new Mastercard whitepaper outlines how
- Posted September 6, 2023
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Treasury’s Direct Express card program saves Americans millions
By Andrew GillenMastercard A few months ago, the Social Security Administration announced that benefit recipients would receive an 8.7 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2023, the largest COLA
- Posted August 14, 2023
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Smart and sustainable: public sector tourism authorities and the post-pandemic traveller
COVID-19 temporarily decimated the tourism industry. Now that global travel is getting back on track, there is an opportunity to change the industry for a better future – and tourism
- Posted July 13, 2023
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Digitising Europe’s economies through Digital Country Partnerships
Governments across Europe have bold aspirations when it comes to harnessing technology to advance the digital transformation of their economies. The EU’s Digital Decade policy programme aims to equip 80% of the
- Posted April 27, 2023
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Mastercard Economics Institute’s Outlook for 2023: What the data shows about our ‘multi-speed’ future
While 2022 was a story of transitions – 2023 will be a story of outcomes. High interest rates and high inflation will result in a global economy moving at multi-speeds:
- Posted December 19, 2022
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Delivering choice and making citizens’ lives easier: the expanding opportunity for digital citizen pay
From facilitating ‘thank you’ payments to Minnesota’s frontline workers in the pandemic to the development of mobile apps enabling Istanbul residents to pay for services and transit, technology is changing
- Posted December 5, 2022