All posts tagged "globalisation"

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  Four reasons inflation will stay stubbornly high for some time

  Inflation is remaining stubbornly high in many countries. Alexander Tziamalis, a senior lecturer in economics at Sheffield Hallam University, explains why this might be Price inflation is starting to fall in

  • Posted April 23, 2023
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  Future proof: what public servants need to know now about the world of 2050

  Leading economics journalist Hamish McRae shares the insight from his latest book The World in 2050, and predicts that a changing climate, a recasting of globalisation, and a need for

  • Posted May 25, 2022
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  Finding the growth elixir: how to build high-tech business clusters

  Thriving in the pandemic, digital and science firms promise renewed growth to governments that can foster world-class tech hubs. But how can civil servants help researchers and start-ups to build

  • Posted August 2, 2021
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  Crisis response: an interview with Sir Suma Chakrabarti

  Suma Chakrabarti, the former UK permanent secretary and EBRD chief, sees opportunities as well as risks amidst the COVID crisis; but western governments, he warns, are fumbling their response. Matt

  • Posted August 27, 2020
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  The UK must urgently renew its approach to developing regulations

  As the UK prepares to repatriate the EU’s responsibilities, an OECD review has identified the challenges facing civil servants charged with building the new regulatory frameworks required to safeguard the

  • Posted May 10, 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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  The roots of risk: how economic imbalances are poisoning politics

  Gathering in Paris for the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, finance department leaders from 10 countries debated the political risks threatening economic growth – and their roots in rising inequality,

  • Posted September 12, 2019
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  From bitter experience: Lord O’Donnell on the next recession

  The world economy is in trouble, former UK Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell told the 2019 Global Government Summit, and governments must become more effective – repairing their economies, and reshaping

  • Posted August 14, 2019
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  Global Government Summit report; part 2

  From France through the UK to the USA, rapid inward migration has been closely linked to the rise of right-wing populism. At this year’s Global Government Summit, top officials from

  • Posted May 23, 2017
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  Global Government Summit report; part 1

  This year’s Global Government Summit attracted top officials from 11 countries for informal, candid discussions on five of the biggest issues facing civil services around the world. Matt Ross presents

  • Posted May 15, 2017
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