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Finance & Procurement

Innovation 2023 five minutes with… Kristiina Kivirand of Estonia’s stockpiling agency

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free Innovation conference. Taking place […]

Innovation 2023 five minutes with…. Martin Ledolter of Austria’s Federal Procurement Agency

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free Innovation conference. Taking place […]
A photograph of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt preparing to leave 11 Downing Street to present his Budget to Parliament.

Fiscal fictions: what the UK Budget says – and what it omits

On Wednesday, the UK government produced a Budget that made no provision for big public sector pay rises; on Thursday, it promised £5bn to striking NHS staff. Matt Ross explains […]
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Biden administration tables ambitious anti-COVID fraud legislation

US president Joe Biden proposed a wide-ranging piece of legislation on 2 March to tackle fraud and help citizens affected by identity theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden set out […]

All or nothing? Central bank digital currencies’ financial inclusion challenge

CBDCs are widely seen as having the potential to improve financial inclusion. Ian Hall reports on a webinar exploring technical, practical and public policy considerations Governments have growing interest in […]
Finance minister Chrystia Freeland, at the National Press Theatre last December with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem

Canadian finance minister reiterates warning on tight government finances

Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has warned that a slowing global economic outlook will require continued restraint in federal public spending. Freeland hosted a meeting with provincial and territorial finance […]

Hunting down hidden money: how governments are fighting illicit finance

Experts on the panel of a Global Government Forum webinar shone a spotlight on the scale of illicit finance and the crimes that benefit from it, and explained what governments […]

‘Never compromise your integrity’: five minutes with Global Government Summit participant Arturo Herrera Gutierrez

Arturo Gutierrez, global director for governance global practice, equitable growth, finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) vice presidency at the World Bank, tells Global Government Forum about steering the Mexican […]
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Canadian government defends innovation policy record after fintechs’ criticism

Canada’s government has defended its commitment to innovation after criticism from a newly re-named industry association representing the fintech sector. Fintechs Canada – formerly operating as Paytechs of Canada – marked […]
Photogrpah of Nourredine Bensouda, general treasurer of the Kingdom of Morocco

The green gold rush: a sustainable future for finance policy

Finance departments have rarely been the loudest champions of environmental sustainability – but at the Government Finance Summit, it was clear that some of their underlying assumptions have shifted: in […]