All posts tagged "financial"

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  Zimbabwe should ‘brace up for major public service reforms’ – says Mugabe’s spokesman

  Zimbabwe’s civil service is set to undergo major reforms, the spokesman of the country’s president has announced after the civil service commission submitted a detailed audit report. According to a

  • Posted August 28, 2015
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  Pay Rise Announced for Turkey’s Civil Servants

  Millions of civil servants in Turkey are to get a pay rise while retired officials will see their pensions increased, it has been reported. Labor and social security minister Faruk

  • Posted August 25, 2015
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  New Australia-Singapore Research Centre Opens

  The head of Singapore’s civil service, Peter Ong, has launched a new research centre, which will feed into Singapore’s and Australia’s growth policies. The Asia Growth Research Centre, based at the

  • Posted August 24, 2015
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  UK Government To Present ‘United’ Spending Front, Says Treasury Perm Sec

  The British government will be “more united than ever before” when setting out its broad fiscal plan for the next four years, the top civil servant at its Treasury has

  • Posted August 3, 2015
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  Macpherson To Stay At UK Treasury ‘For A While Yet’

  Sir Nicholas Macpherson, the permanent secretary of HM Treasury, has dispelled rumours that he is stepping down. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Global Government Forum, Macpherson said that, while

  • Posted August 3, 2015
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  Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Sir Nicholas Macpherson, a Treasury man for 30 years, has spent the last decade as permanent secretary to three chancellors. He talks to Global Government Forum about technological change, the

  • Posted August 3, 2015
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  Peter Ong, Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore: Exclusive interview

  Singapore is regarded as an economic success story. Peter Ong, Singapore’s head of civil service and permanent secretary of its finance ministry, explains how a continuous drive to plan ahead

  • Posted July 22, 2015
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  Greek MPs Back Eurozone Deal Laws Amidst Protests

  Greek MPs have approved tough economic measures required to enable an €86bn Eurozone bailout deal to go ahead. The legislation includes the abolition of the VAT discount of 30% for Greek islands,

  • Posted July 16, 2015
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  Iceland warns over capital controls

  The top civil servant in charge of Iceland’s finance ministry has warned that countries imposing capital controls should start thinking about a strategy for lifting them immediately. Iceland introduced capital controls –

  • Posted July 10, 2015
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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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