All posts tagged "infrastructure"

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  Opinion: the ‘power of where’ – realising the potential of geospatial data

  For millennia maps have guided exploration, supported trade and allowed us to defend our nations and maintain the social fabrics of our societies. They tell the story of human endeavour

  • Posted December 6, 2019
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  Canada launches data governance standardisation initiative

  Experts from government, industry and civil society have established a ‘Canadian Data Governance Standardization Collaborative’ with the aim of developing a data standards roadmap. Its work “could be incredibly illuminating,

  • Posted November 18, 2019
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  South Korea commits US$4bn to bolster tech sectors

  The South Korean government will spend S$4.7 trillion (US$3.9bn) of its 2020 budget on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), in a bid to boost R&D, infrastructure and economic growth.  

  • Posted August 22, 2019
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  Australia pledges US$340m for climate change resilience in Pacific

  The Australian government has committed to spend AUS$500m (US$338m) on climate change and disaster resilience in the Pacific. The funding will be used to protect communities and infrastructure from rising

  • Posted August 16, 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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  Indian budget aims to tackle slowing growth

  The Indian budget, dubbed the “budget for new India,” sets out plans to invest billions in infrastructure and reduce taxes for most business owners, while raising taxes for the super-rich.

  • Posted July 14, 2019
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  How do we bridge the global infrastructure gap?

  All around the world – national, regional and local governments make decisions that serve the public and play a critical role in building and maintaining these important and substantial infrastructure

  • Posted July 2, 2019
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  IT collapse creates chaos in English courts

  Major IT network issues caused huge disruption across courts in England last week as computers and phone lines went down, leaving lawyers and judges unable to work and causing cases

  • Posted January 27, 2019
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  Asia closing digital gap with the West, report finds

  Singapore has overtaken the US in the support it provides for national digital transformation, according to analysis by the Economist Intelligence Unit, while Japan has inched ahead of the UK.

  • Posted January 7, 2019
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  UK infrastructure chief champions city connections – and condemns Brexit disconnections

  Linking world cities to smaller conurbations through high-speed rail can boost wider economic growth, Lord Adonis told a London audience this month. But the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission

  • Posted November 27, 2017
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