All posts tagged "Global trends"

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  Criminal evidence: examining what works in cutting crime

  The explosion in data and evidence about crime should have transformed how governments handle policing and criminal justice, says Tom Gash – but instead, we keep on building policies around

  • Posted August 10, 2016
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  World Bank seeks new regional chief economist for Latin America region

  The World Bank is looking for a new regional chief economist for its branch in the Latin America and Caribbean region to help it address a “rapid mutation and rising

  • Posted August 4, 2016
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  Campaigners need 1m signatures to get meeting with EU officials over asylum air directive

  The European Commission has given campaigners one year to collect 1m signatures for an initiative to abolish an EU directive widely blamed for forcing refugees into risky boat trips to Europe.

  • Posted August 3, 2016
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  UK government announces new digital chief – hours after old one resigns

  Kevin Cunnington has been announced as the new head of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) – hours after his predecessor Stephen Foreshew-Cain tendered his resignation. Cunnington’s appointment was announced

  • Posted August 2, 2016
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  Estonia seeks safe location abroad to protect citizens’ data from hackers

  The government of Estonia is holding talks with Britain and Luxembourg about setting up a data centre to back up data amid fears of a Russian cyber attack, it has

  • Posted July 29, 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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  Health tourism demands coordinated action by governments, says Hong Kong’s health permanent secretary

  The emergence of ‘health tourism’ and international markets in surgical procedures present a major challenge to government health departments, Hong Kong’s outgoing permanent secretary for food and health has told

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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  Richard Yuen Ming-fai, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health), Hong Kong: Exclusive Interview

  On the eve of his retirement, Hong Kong’s health permanent secretary tells Matt Ross how the territory is reforming its healthcare system to prepare for a future in which half

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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  Commonwealth secretary-general: ‘We will turbo-charge Commonwealth trade advantage’

  The Commonwealth will “turbo-charge” efforts to increase trade advantages for its 53 member countries, following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland has told parliamentarians.

  • Posted July 21, 2016
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  Frances Adamson appointed first woman to lead Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  Frances Adamson has today been appointed the first female civil servant to lead Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Her appointment brings the number of female department secretaries to

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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