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Glass ceiling beginning to crack in upper echelons of many countries’ civil services

New research reveals huge disparity in gender equality among top officials across the G20 and EU, but the overall trend is positive. Tania Mason highlights the countries making progress on […]

Africa builds defences against budget shocks

Often exposed to natural disasters and dependent on a handful of commodity industries, African countries can find that sudden shocks leave big holes in their public finances. But as Gavin […]

G20 fuel subsidy cuts agenda weakening, despite Latin American progress

The G20’s members promised nearly a decade ago to phase out fuel subsidies, and several Latin American countries have taken a political hit to advance the agenda. But the agenda […]

IMF champions move towards ‘gender budgeting’

With Italy putting gender equality at the heart of its G7 presidency, there’s growing interest in public finance managers’ potential to help women play a greater role in economic growth. […]

Indian anti-corruption drive raises fears of unequal treatment

The Indian government is moving to sweep incompetent and corrupt officials out of the civil service. But Abhimanyu Kumar hears concerns that unless elected politicians get the same treatment, civil […]

The long road to accrual accounting

For two decades, government finance professionals have been shifting from cash-based to accrual accounting. Dawn Cowie scours a new set of interviews for lessons on how governments can realise the […]

Latin America sets the pace on environmental taxes

Several Latin American countries have introduced ambitious green tax reforms. Gavin O’Toole learns the lessons for others keen to push their economies towards environmental sustainability The pioneering introduction of carbon […]

Global Government Summit report; part 5

From wikilaws to citizens tracking their data online, the last session of the 2017 Global Government Summit brought together top officials from around the world to debate the challenges and opportunities […]

Global Government Summit report; part 4

In a world of complex, cross-cutting challenges, how do governments get departments to collaborate on shared goals? Estonia and Malaysia have taken very different approaches to the problem, as their […]

Global Government Summit report; part 3

Around the world, populations are increasingly cynical and suspicious about their elected leaders. At this year’s Global Government Summit, top officials from 11 countries debated how to re-engage people with […]