All posts tagged "Middle East"
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Blockchain exiting ‘hype cycle’, says US GovLab chiefBlockchain technologies have passed rapidly through a “hype cycle”, the head of a public sector innovation lab said last week – and what’s coming out of the other side is
- Posted May 5, 2019
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Biometric HR system launched for Afghan civil servantsAfghanistan’s Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) has developed a new biometric system which will register the data of all civil servants within the next year. The Human
- Posted February 24, 2019
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Kuwait cancels contracts for foreign civil servantsWork contracts for more than 3,000 non-Kuwaitis serving in the public sector have been cancelled, in a bid to replace expatriates with nationals in the service. The announcement was made
- Posted August 29, 2018
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World Bank agrees US$200m social aid package for IraqA US$200 million emergency package to provide social support and employment for communities devastated in Iraq’s ongoing armed conflicts has been agreed by the World Bank. The Emergency Social Stabilization
- Posted April 10, 2018
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Saudi retreat from austerity may hit economic diversificationSaudi Arabia’s decision to reverse cuts to civil service pay and benefits reflect a wobble in the Kingdom’s determination to diversify its economy away from dependence on oil, a UK
- Posted May 11, 2017
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António Guterres: what do we know about the new UN chief?António Guterres, sworn in as the ninth United Nations secretary general on 12 December, has said that ending the war in Syria is his first priority. The former Portuguese prime
- Posted December 14, 2016
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Pay Rise Announced for Turkey’s Civil ServantsMillions of civil servants in Turkey are to get a pay rise while retired officials will see their pensions increased, it has been reported. Labor and social security minister Faruk
- Posted August 25, 2015
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Saudi Arabia Looking For Over 2,500 New Civil ServantsThe government of Saudi Arabia has embarked on a mass recruitment exercise having advertised more than 2,500 civil service jobs. The Ministry of Civil Service yesterday published 2,586 vacancies and
- Posted August 18, 2015
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Global life expectancy goes up, but rich-poor divide remainsPeople born in 2012 can expect to live an average six years longer than people born in 1990, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organisation (WHO).
- Posted May 16, 2014
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Forum: To cut or not to cut?Do public sector cuts help drive growth, or put the brakes on recovery? Tim Gibson invites you to enter the debate Even though the global economy appears to have turned
- Posted May 16, 2014
