All posts tagged "Global trends"

  • Queensland government goes online to cut costs

    The government of Queensland in Australia is moving its ICT operation to the cloud, in a bid to reduce costs by a reported AUS $13.7 million over the next three

    • Posted April 20, 2014
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  • Understanding choices, shaping citizens

    How do governments help citizens make better choices? Behavioural insights can help, as Graham Scott discovers If there’s one thing that can be said with certainty about human beings, it

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • UN Commission calls for increased gender equality

    The 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women ended in New York with a strong call to prioritise gender equality and the human rights of women.

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • Sovereign borrowing set to fall – OECD report

    Although the economic outlook remains challenging, a new report from the OECD estimates that global gross borrowing requirements will fall in 2014. The Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2014 estimates a global

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • Initiative argues the case for rights-centred development

    An initiative that aims to integrate human rights with sustainable development policies has issued a statement to inform the next stage of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. The Righting Finance

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • Drug-smuggling tunnels found on US-Mexican border

    Authorities in the US have discovered two tunnels on the Mexico-US border that they claim have been used to smuggle drugs between the nations. A 73-year-old woman has been arrested

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • Japan Celebrates 50 Years in OECD

    The OECD celebrates a historic landmark this year, as it marks the 50th anniversary of Japan’s membership of the group. Japan joined the OECD in 1964, three years after it

    • Posted April 13, 2014
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  • World’s first behavioural insights conference planned: Sydney, June 2014

    Organised and sponsored by a variety of private- and public-sector organisations, Behavioural Exchange 2014 will bring practitioners from across the globe together to consider how behavioural innovations are shaping public

    • Posted April 12, 2014
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  • Fast-growing Philippines city uses IT to get ahead

    The mayor of a city in the Philippines has concluded that investment in IT will lead to economic prosperity for his electorate. Oscar Moreno, mayor of Cagayan de Oro City

    • Posted April 12, 2014
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  • IMF lending can deepen economic crises, says report

    New research suggests that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is weakening the economies of countries to which it lends money. The European Network on Debt and Development, Eurodad, says that

    • Posted April 12, 2014
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