All posts tagged "Finance"

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  Guðmundur Árnason, permanent secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland: Exclusive Interview

  Iceland has recently announced a concrete plan to lift its capital controls. Guðmundur Árnason, the permanent secretary of its finance ministry, explains why it took almost seven years to come

  • Posted July 10, 2015
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  Global Government Finance Summit Report 2015

  The Global Government Finance Summit brings together permanent secretary-level public officials from government treasury and finance ministries around the world to share governments’ domestic financial and regulatory challenges and appropriate

  • Posted July 6, 2015
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  S$500 payment to Singaporean civil servants to celebrate 50 years of independence

  A one-off payment of 500 Singapore dollars (374 US dollars) will be handed to all civil servants on the Asian city state to celebrate 50 years of independence. The Public

  • Posted June 19, 2015
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  Indonesia scraps luxury tax in bid to boost sluggish growth

  The government of Indonesia has scrapped luxury taxes on most affected goods in an attempt to boost consumption and revive economic growth in the country. Finance minister Bambang Brodjonegoro announced

  • Posted June 12, 2015
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  UK Treasury: Future governments must run budget surplus

  The UK wants to pass a law forcing future governments to maintain a budget surplus as long as the economy is in “normal times”. Currently, the government is committed to

  • Posted June 10, 2015
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  Mikhail Pryadilnikov, Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation: Exclusive Interview

  Mikhail Pryadilnikov returned to Russia after studying at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions. He tells Global Government Forum why he thinks gaining a global outlook is so important

  • Posted June 8, 2015
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  National Audit Office warns over UK civil service cuts

  The British government has failed to plan properly for the implications of past and future cuts to civil service staffing, the public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office

  • Posted June 8, 2015
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  El Salvador signs multilateral convention to fight tax evasion

  El Salvador has become the latest country joining international efforts to fight offshore tax evasion. The Central American nation yesterday signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax

  • Posted June 2, 2015
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  Governments ‘could benefit’ from high levels of transparency championed by New Zealand, Treasury chief says

  Governments around the world could benefit from introducing higher levels of transparency similar to those in New Zealand where civil servants’ advice is published, the head of the New Zealand

  • Posted May 31, 2015
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  Brazil’s finance minister says budget’s spending freeze ‘not enough’

  Brazil’s finance minister Joaquim Levy urged lawmakers to back tax increases and cuts to social benefits, saying last week’s spending freeze alone isn’t enough to shore up fiscal accounts, Bloomberg

  • Posted May 27, 2015
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