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  Mexico to launch smartphone payments system

  The Mexican central bank is to launch a smartphone payments system, and has instructed...

  • Posted July 2, 2019
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  Brazilian department urges president-elect to curb civil service salaries

  Salaries of government workers should be brought into line with those of the private...

  • Posted November 20, 2018
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  Falling commodity prices must prompt reforms in Latin America, says OECD executive

  Latin American governments must target spending more closely and make public administration more efficient...

  • Posted May 30, 2017
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  Brazil boosts analysis of risks to public finances

  Brazil has beefed up the way it assesses risks to its public finances after...

  • Posted May 25, 2017
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  Pensions reform aims to tackle Brazilian deficit

  Violent clashes outside Brazil’s parliament have underlined fierce opposition to pension reforms, aimed at...

  • Posted April 21, 2017
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  Tax evasion in Latin America worth 6.7% of GDP, UN agency finds

  Tax evasion cost Latin America a breathtaking US$340bn (€312bn or £270bn) in 2015 and...

  • Posted March 30, 2017
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  Electing women can boost gender equality in both appointments and policies, research finds

  Where women win election into local government roles with the power to appoint public...

  • Posted March 29, 2017
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  Government departments in Mexico to face significant cuts, as 2017 budget sets out fresh austerity plans

  Government departments in Mexico are to face significant budget and workforce reductions, as the...

  • Posted September 9, 2016
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  Governments must act faster to help people make greater use of the Internet, OECD warns

  Governments around the world must act faster to help people and firms to make...

  • Posted June 28, 2016
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  US federal workforce HR chief quits after six months

  The director of the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Dale Cabaniss, resigned unexpectedly...

  • Posted March 18, 2020
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  Inquiry pulls out lessons from Northern Ireland’s energy scheme scandal

  Northern Ireland’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme – whose botched handling led to the...

  • Posted March 17, 2020
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  US agencies urged to expand telework as corona spreads

  The White House has recommended that federal agencies allow more employees to work remotely,...

  • Posted March 16, 2020
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  UK’s “bungled” Universal Credit benefit system must be improved, report says

  The UK’s much-criticised Universal Credit social security system is too far advanced to be...

  • Posted March 11, 2020
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  US government urged to protect feds from coronavirus as Trump response comes under fire

  US agencies are scrambling to introduce measures protecting federal government workers from exposure to...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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