All posts tagged "Growth"

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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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  COVID elimination strategies saved economies as well as lives, say scientists

  Countries that focused on eliminating COVID-19 performed better on health, economic and civil liberties measures compared with those that opted to mitigate the virus, a group of leading scientists has

  • Posted April 29, 2021
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  Learning from our mistakes: the post-COVID recovery

  After the financial crisis, a slow and imbalanced recovery fostered a new set of social, health, economic and political problems. At a GGF webinar, expert panellists discussed how policymakers can

  • Posted January 3, 2021
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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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  A New Year for Artificial Intelligence

  Artificial intelligence will have a huge impact in 2019. Agencies that adopt the technology will be able to analyze large volumes of data quickly, automate repetitive processes, increase transparency and

  • Posted January 21, 2019
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  William Priest, Chief Executive, Geospatial Commission, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Geospatial data could strengthen public service delivery and business growth – but whilst most governments hold vast datasets, few are realising their potential. Matt Ross meets William Priest, charged with

  • Posted October 15, 2018
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  The coming generation of tax vehicles

  Taxation can be a powerful policy instrument, influencing social as well as economic change. And as Gavin O’Toole finds, a growing number of governments are using fiscal tools to shape

  • Posted March 19, 2018
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  Canadian federal jobs on the rise for second year

  The number of public servants employed by the Canadian federal government has increased for the second consecutive year, new figures from Statistics Canada show. An additional 3,717 federal public servants

  • Posted December 14, 2017
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  The limits of freedom: considering the future of central banks

  It’s been 20 years since the Bank of England won the freedom to decide interest rates, and doubts over the settlement are growing. Gavin O’Toole hears the concerns of some

  • Posted May 9, 2017
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