All posts tagged "funding"
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Government must be more ambitious on devolution and investment to ‘level up’ the UK
The government needs to invest more in people – not just infrastructure – and distribute power away from the centre to address regional inequality, writes Anna Round of the Institute
- Posted December 10, 2020
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Treasuries & transformation: finance departments’ key roles in digital
In many governments, finance departments view technology as a useful efficiency tool. But at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, delegates heard that successful digital transformation demands that finance leaders
- Posted September 24, 2019
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Happy shoppers: spending public money well
Politicians love splashing the cash, finance leaders agreed at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit – but spending that money effectively demands good financial management, intelligent targets, inspiring leaders and
- Posted September 19, 2019
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UK steps back from Verify ID system
The UK has announced the end of public funding for its digital identity programme, Verify. Last week, the government signed five 18-month contracts with its certified private sector identity partners,
- Posted October 16, 2018
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Rwanda pilots digital aid transparency scheme
Rwanda has been selected as the pilot country for a new digital system that enables donors and recipients to share data on aid management, with the aim of improving transparency.
- Posted October 7, 2018
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How to dig yourself out of a hole: realising the benefits of extractive industries
The ‘resource curse’ too often converts countries’ mineral wealth into human poverty. But some developing world nations have worked out how to harness their natural resources for public good. Gavin
- Posted December 7, 2017