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Public Policy Design & Delivery

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Letter from Ottawa: diagnosing the elements of Tired Government Syndrome

Parliament has returned in Canada for what’s likely a final session before the election. If history is any guide, the government will find it hard to make progress before the […]

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Public servants around the world raise alarm over increasing workload

A majority of public and civil servants around the world have said that their workload has increased since 2020 – and an even higher proportion think that their workloads are […]
New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins Announces Cost of Living Policy in election campaign

New Zealand election battle lines drawn over public services

A series of announcements by the major political parties contesting for power at the next general election in New Zealand – scheduled for 14 October – have put public services […]
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AI ‘to quicken UK government decision-making’; Australian public servants await pay offer: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. AI could quicken government decision-making, says UK deputy prime minister The UK’s deputy prime minister […]

Open, inclusive, transparent: rebuilding public trust in government

At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating in their fifth session […]
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Canadian government’s battle with big tech platforms and what it means for the future of journalism

Canada recently passed a law to address the continuing financial woes of its traditional news media, trust in which has steadily fallen to 42% in 2022. The Online News Act, […]

‘Be attentive to the needs and ideas of everyone around you’: Five minutes with Dr Asher Salmon of Israel’s Ministry of Health

Asher Salmon, director of international relations, Ministry of Health, Israel, tells Global Government Forum about sharing expertise with other countries for mutual benefit, his impression of the Finnish civil service, […]

In pursuit of public good: the need for a welfare revolution in South Africa

Jelena Vidojević of the New South Institute argues that South Africa must introduce comprehensive welfare reform if it is to address socio-economic divisions and deliver for the public good South […]

Out of adversity comes opportunity: COVID-19 and the future of healthcare

Healthcare authorities were right at the forefront of the COVID crisis. It was a torrid time, but with it came lessons that have the potential to change care provision for […]
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‘Now everybody feels the stress across the system’: the impact of the era of permacrisis on public servants

It is not a surprise that the phrase ‘permacrisis’ has quickly gained popularity in the lexicon. The turbulence that societies have faced in the early years of the 2020s have […]