All posts tagged "Finance"

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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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  Global Government Fintech to hold inaugural ‘lab’ in Estonia in June

  Global Government Forum’s sister title Global Government Fintech has announced the launch of the Global Government FinTech Lab – an in-person event to bring together senior public servants exploring the opportunities

  • Posted April 10, 2022
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  Open to possibilities: governments bank on opening up financial services data

  What progress has been made to deliver open banking and open finance across the world? And what role should and could governments play? Ian Hall reports on a Global Government Fintech webinar

  • Posted March 27, 2022
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  ‘We do not stick to conventional wisdom’: five minutes with… Singapore’s Ministry of Finance permanent secretary Tan Ching Yee

  In the first of a new series of interviews where public servants around the world share insights into their lives and career, the permanent secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Finance

  • Posted March 7, 2022
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  Governments are failing to act fast enough on climate adaptation, warns international panel of scientists

  Climate change is having widespread impacts on human health, economies and natural ecosystems, but adaptation to changes is not being prioritised, according to the latest warning from international climate scientists.

  • Posted March 1, 2022
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  Going green: governments look to fintech to help combat climate crisis

  Green finance focuses on allocating capital to projects that protect or enhance the environment, part of the shift towards environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) investing. Ian Hall reports on a Global

  • Posted February 17, 2022
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  Calculated risks: the pathfinding role of government finance chiefs

  Finance staff are playing an ever bigger role in strategic decision-making – helping to spot the financial risks in new policies or reforms. At the Global Government Finance Summit, Natalie

  • Posted February 16, 2022
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  Always in the front line: the impossible demands of crisis response

  Since 2008, governments have protected businesses through crisis after crisis, stepping in to safeguard people’s livelihoods and national economies. At the Global Government Finance Summit, Adam Branson heard finance leaders

  • Posted February 8, 2022
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