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  Unless every country has good data, we won’t beat future pandemics

  No country can tackle COVID-19 without a clear picture of the disease’s development and...

  • Posted July 2, 2020
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  EBRD chief: governments must ‘push much harder’ on sustainability

  Inaction is not an option on environmental sustainability, EBRD president Sir Suma Chakrabarti told...

  • Posted June 8, 2020
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  Pointing the way forward on civil service reform

  Delivering reforms means “changing the engine as the plane is in flight”, Singapore’s civil...

  • Posted May 25, 2020
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  Beyond the gifted amateur: building a professional workforce

  Civil services need both the specialist professional expertise to deliver for ministers, and the...

  • Posted May 15, 2020
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  The UK must urgently renew its approach to developing regulations

  As the UK prepares to repatriate the EU’s responsibilities, an OECD review has identified...

  • Posted May 10, 2020
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  From clenched fists to handshakes: top officials debate how to get departments working together

  In almost every country, governments are organised vertically – but the challenges they face...

  • Posted May 7, 2020
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  How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’

  When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in...

  • Posted May 3, 2020
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  China to test digital currency in four cities

  China, which seeks to be the first major economy to launch a digital currency,...

  • Posted April 30, 2020
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  Lord O’Donnell challenges lockdown decision-making and reversion to unilateralism

  On purely medical grounds, lockdowns are effective in suppressing COVID-19. But Gus O’Donnell, the...

  • Posted April 29, 2020
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  Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure pays dividends in COVID response and recovery

  Saudi Arabia’s investment in digital infrastructure helped ease the burden of COVID-19 lockdown measures,...

  • Posted July 1, 2020
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  Unions vow to continue fighting White House moves to undermine workers

  White House attempts to undermine federal employee rights and union power are wasting government...

  • Posted June 30, 2020
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  UK Cabinet secretary ousted as fears grow over politicisation of the civil service

  Sir Mark Sedwill, who has served as Cabinet secretary and head of the UK...

  • Posted June 29, 2020
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  Australian environment department failed in planning oversight role, says auditors

  Campaigners have called for the creation of an independent environmental protection agency in Australia,...

  • Posted June 29, 2020
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  Hong Kong strike vote falls short after civil servants warned against taking part

  Polls held by pro-democracy unions in Hong Kong – including those representing civil servants...

  • Posted June 25, 2020
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