All posts tagged "public finance"

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  AI’s displacement of workers necessitates ‘ambitious fiscal innovation’, says US think tank

  Governments will need to undertake “ambitious fiscal innovation” in response to the widespread impact of artificial intelligence, a leading US policy think tank has said. The Brookings Institution report Public

  • Posted January 26, 2026
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  UK general election: top tips to get ready for the next government

  The UK is set for a general election on 4 July. Announcing the vote on 22 May, prime minister Rishi Sunak declared “now is the moment for Britain to choose

  • Posted June 9, 2024
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  What are governments’ top priorities in 2024?

  Public services around the world are dealing with what many government leaders are calling the age of polycrisis. With conflicts still raging in Ukraine and Gaza, the economic and social

  • Posted February 7, 2024
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  Sustainability and digital transformation ‘complete game changers’, says Morocco government finance chief

  The head of the finance ministry in Morocco has said that the twin revolutions of sustainability and digital transformation will be “game changers” for government. Noureddine Bensouda, the general treasurer

  • Posted June 13, 2023
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  Fiscal fictions: what the UK Budget says – and what it omits

  On Wednesday, the UK government produced a Budget that made no provision for big public sector pay rises; on Thursday, it promised £5bn to striking NHS staff. Matt Ross explains

  • Posted March 17, 2023
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  Canadian finance minister reiterates warning on tight government finances

  Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has warned that a slowing global economic outlook will require continued restraint in federal public spending. Freeland hosted a meeting with provincial and territorial finance

  • Posted February 8, 2023
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  Top trends in 2023: what will governments prioritise in the year ahead?

  As the calendar changes from 2022 to 2023, the mammoth challenges faced by governments only grow bigger. From dealing with a looming global recession to decarbonising economies, the key items

  • Posted January 29, 2023
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  Hunting down hidden money: how governments are fighting illicit finance

  Experts on the panel of a Global Government Forum webinar shone a spotlight on the scale of illicit finance and the crimes that benefit from it, and explained what governments

  • Posted January 25, 2023
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  More information but less influence? A dilemma for government finance departments

  Fast-increasing access to data gives treasuries the tools to provide better targeted services, more effective policies and more comprehensive reporting. But at the Global Government Finance Summit, senior leaders worried

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  US federal agencies get 6.7% budget increase in $1.5 trillion spending bill

  President Joe Biden is expected to today sign a US$1.5 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through to the end of September, averting a partial government shutdown. The

  • Posted March 14, 2022
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