All posts tagged "financial"

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  Urjit Patel takes the helm at Indian central bank

  Urjit Patel has taken over as the 24th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), after Raghuram Rajan wrapped up his rocky three-year term in early September. The former deputy

  • Posted September 27, 2016
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  Bank of England deputy governor quits for LSE role

  The deputy governor of the Bank of England, Dame Minouche Shafik, is to quit her post to become the director of the London School of Economics. Shafik, who has been

  • Posted September 12, 2016
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  Government departments in Mexico to face significant cuts, as 2017 budget sets out fresh austerity plans

  Government departments in Mexico are to face significant budget and workforce reductions, as the country’s new finance minister has pledged a return to a primary surplus for the first time

  • Posted September 9, 2016
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  More than 100 governments now signed up to international tax convention

  Five more governments have signed up to an international convention on cooperating with tax authorities around the world, bringing the number of participating jurisdictions to 103. The OECD’s Convention on

  • Posted August 26, 2016
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  Minister promises written apology to public servants over federal pay issues

  Canada’s public services minister has promised officials a written apology over ongoing issues with the federal pay system. Since the government introduced the new Pheonix pay system in February this

  • Posted August 23, 2016
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  Canada’s federal pay issues to be ‘resolved by end of October’

  Problems with Canada’s federal pay system are expected to be fixed by the end of October, a senior official has said. Tens of thousands of public servants have reported issues with their

  • Posted August 17, 2016
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  Takehiko Nakao re-elected president of Asian Development Bank

  Takehiko Nakao has been re-elected president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a five-year term starting on 24 November. He was first elected as president by the ADB’s board of

  • Posted August 15, 2016
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  Report suggests new national authority to improve health care in China

  The government of China should consider establishing a national authority to lead improvements across the health system, according to a new report which highlights the challenges created by the country’s

  • Posted July 28, 2016
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  New chief of financial watchdog pledges to boost organisation’s confidence and establish ‘clear mission’

  The new civil servant in charge of Britain’s financial watchdog has revealed his plan to review the regulator’s mission in a bid to boost the organisation’s confidence and improve its

  • Posted July 26, 2016
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  Majority of readers have personally experienced federal pay problems affecting over 80,000 of Canada’s public servants

  Almost three quarters of Canadian Global Government Forum readers have personally experienced problems with receiving their federal pay, as the government of Canada has admitted that more than 80,000 public servants

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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