All posts tagged "Finance"

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  Money talks – but does it listen? How government finance departments can help unlock digital transformation

  Finance leaders have much to gain from digital technologies. But at the Global Government Finance Summit, they were told they also have something to give – reforming finance systems to

  • Posted December 12, 2022
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  When the black swans come home to roost: explaining inflation

  The world has had to face a lot of ‘black swan’ disruptive events over recent years – and in responding to these immediate challenges, finance ministries have sometimes created new

  • Posted November 27, 2022
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  COP27: how finance ministries are working to net zero – but ‘missed a trick’ on COVID-19 response

  Much talk at the COP27 has already touched on the centrality of finance to helping the world reach net zero and tackle the effects of climate change, with many developing

  • Posted November 8, 2022
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  Australia’s ‘wellbeing budget’ inspired by New Zealand – with related targets to come

  The Australian government unveiled what has been described as a ‘wellbeing budget’ on Tuesday, having taken inspiration from New Zealand’s approach to economic policy which aims to put the health

  • Posted October 26, 2022
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  AI-powered government finances: making the most of data and machines

  Artificial intelligence is being used by a growing number of governments and public authorities across a range of areas. Ian Hall reports on a discussion that examined the opportunities and

  • Posted October 18, 2022
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  ‘Eliminate redundant and inefficient bureaucracy’: five minutes with Angola’s João Quipipa

  João Quipipa, former secretary of state at the Angolan Treasury, now executive board member at UNITEL – the country’s part-government-owned telecommunications company – shares his proudest career achievements, his desire

  • Posted October 9, 2022
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  IMF criticises UK economic strategy; Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency in trouble: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. IMF urges UK government to reconsider economic strategy The International Monetary Fund has taken

  • Posted September 29, 2022
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  Four megatrends shaping government – and what they mean for the future

  From dealing with the fallout from a global pandemic and implementing plans to reach net zero, to trying to cushion people from an energy and inflation crisis and adapt to

  • Posted September 19, 2022
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  How will governments fund net zero?

  It is estimated that half of the world’s population is ‘highly vulnerable’ to the impacts of climate change. Driven in part by COP26 last year, the race to decarbonise economies,

  • Posted May 2, 2022
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  ‘Ask yourself where you want to be three jobs from now’: five minutes with… Ontario’s deputy minister of finance, Greg Orencsak

  Orencsak, who also chairs the Ontario Financing Authority, tells Global Government Forum about solving wicked problems through collaboration, giving yourself permission to take a sideways career move, and the instant

  • Posted April 10, 2022
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