All posts tagged "financial"
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New Zealand sets out 2021 budget with new inclusive wellbeing framework
New Zealand has published its annual Budget, setting out an updated approach to wellbeing, explaining how it plans to rebuild the country’s economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, and allocating funds
- Posted May 20, 2021
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Lithuania showcases regtech prototype amid focus on anti-money laundering efforts
Lithuania’s central bank, Lietuvos Bankas, showcased a new regulatory technology (regtech) protoype this week that automates reporting procedures, cutting the administrative burden for financial market participants. The prototype – developed
- Posted February 25, 2021
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Layers upon layers: how financial data paints a picture of the pandemic
Governments have found new sources of real-time financial data that give a clear view of COVID-19’s impact on industries, businesses and workers. At the 2020 Government Finance Summit, top officials
- Posted February 3, 2021
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Feeding the people, not the sharks: supporting citizens through the pandemic
Around the world, finance departments have found different ways of protecting workers and businesses during the COVID crisis. At GGF’s Finance Summit, senior leaders discussed which worked best – reaching
- Posted January 27, 2021
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Spare room superheroes: how finance departments met the pandemic threat
When COVID-19 struck, finance departments around the world sent their staff home – and asked them to put their economies into induced comas. At the Global Government Finance Summit, senior
- Posted January 15, 2021
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OECD warns against pivot to austerity
The chief economist of the OECD has urged governments not to rush to cut public spending deficits, setting out a very different position from that taken by the organisation in
- Posted January 4, 2021
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UK international trade department unveils fintech match-making initiative
The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has launched a campaign to encourage international financial institutions (IFIs) to invest in British fintech. As part of the scheme, DIT will build
- Posted December 22, 2020
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Know your enemy: Using data to tackle COVID-19
Facing battered public finances and increasing citizen expectations, governments are being required to deliver more with less as the global economic recovery from COVID-19 takes shape. Public-private sector partnerships, leveraging
- Posted August 17, 2020
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Supporting civil service decision-making: the role of finance
When Workday’s Ed Bass worked in finance for the Home Office back in the 90s, he says, “I think it is fair to say we used to keep score”. But
- Posted July 23, 2019
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Zimbabwe cracks down on ‘ghost workers’ with ID system
Zimbabwe’s government has announced its intention to create an identity register of all civil servants and cut the pay of top officials, in a bid to squeeze its huge wage
- Posted December 5, 2018