All posts tagged "fiscal policy"

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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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  Who’s in? A round-up of Biden’s recent nominations for key policy roles

  US president Joe Biden this week announced a slew of nominees for positions in his administration, including his choice for federal chief information officer (CIO). In a series of statements

  • Posted March 12, 2021
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  Opinion: the public sector will bear the brunt of Sunak’s push to balance the books

  The budget suggests that this government believes it is business who will power the UK’s recovery from COVID-19. But it’s a fair bet that departments will end up feeling the

  • Posted March 4, 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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  How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’

  When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top

  • Posted May 3, 2020
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  Former world leaders call for G20 to coordinate corona response

  In an open letter to G20 leaders, 92 former presidents and prime ministers have urged coordinated global leadership in the fight against coronavirus. “We are writing to call for immediate

  • Posted April 8, 2020
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  The productivity problem: causes, consequences and cures

  Poor productivity hampers wage growth, stoking public dissatisfaction. As delegates heard at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, this is a decades-old problem with complex roots – and one demanding

  • Posted September 26, 2019
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