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Most US federal staff don’t feel safe from COVID at work, survey finds

More than 70% of US federal employees working on-site say their agencies are not doing enough to keep them safe from COVID-19, a survey conducted by the American Federation of […]

‘Don’t always look for next promotion,’ says Canadian senior civil servant who won career contribution award

‘Seek out unusual partnerships’ – says senior Canadian government official who oversees $1.5bn of public spending

AI

UK commissions AI firm to support COVID-19 housing analysis

Digital units: from the hard push to the helping hand

Finance

Why we get it wrong: former UK Treasury chief on the dangerous power of economic orthodoxies

Reviewing a century of economic crises, former HMT permanent secretary Nick Macpherson sees a common thread: having bought into an economic model, policymakers cling to it long after the world […]

The power of prevention: de-risking the future

On environmental, social and economic issues, nations face a set of ticking time bombs – and unless they take preventive action, their people and public finances will suffer. At the […]

The productivity problem: causes, consequences and cures

Poor productivity hampers wage growth, stoking public dissatisfaction. As delegates heard at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, this is a decades-old problem with complex roots – and one demanding […]

Treasuries & transformation: finance departments’ key roles in digital

In many governments, finance departments view technology as a useful efficiency tool. But at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, delegates heard that successful digital transformation demands that finance leaders […]

Global Trends

Doing good with data: an interview with the Development Bank of Latin America’s Carlos Santiso

Dr Carlos Santiso is no stranger to crisis response, having spent 25 years promoting democracy, strengthening governance and fighting corruption in emerging economies and fragile states. The scale of the […]

EBRD chief: governments must ‘push much harder’ on sustainability

Inaction is not an option on environmental sustainability, EBRD president Sir Suma Chakrabarti told the Global Government Leaders’ Forum. Mia Hunt hears top officials from four countries debate how governments […]

Distant employees and close teams: managing the shift to remote working

Chain reaction: how governments are unlocking the power of blockchain

The wisdom of crowds: an interview with Taiwan’s unorthodox digital minister

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

Enter the era of enterprise: leadership in the 2020s

The power of priorities: goal-setting in Finland and New Zealand

AI

UK commissions AI firm to support COVID-19 housing analysis

Digital units: from the hard push to the helping hand

Tackling the robot bigots: how to implement Artificial Intelligence intelligently

Michael Wernick on turbulent times for Canada – and its Clerk

Innovation

Doing good with data: an interview with the Development Bank of Latin America’s Carlos Santiso

Dr Carlos Santiso is no stranger to crisis response, having spent 25 years promoting democracy, strengthening governance and fighting corruption in emerging economies and fragile states. The scale of the […]

EBRD chief: governments must ‘push much harder’ on sustainability

Inaction is not an option on environmental sustainability, EBRD president Sir Suma Chakrabarti told the Global Government Leaders’ Forum. Mia Hunt hears top officials from four countries debate how governments […]

Distant employees and close teams: managing the shift to remote working

As governments respond to COVID-19, around the world millions of civil servants have abruptly found themselves working from home. Matt Ross learns how national leaders, employers and managers can help […]

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37lGqGIFBG8

Anil Arora, the chief statistician of Canada answers Global Government Forum’s five questions for better government.

https://youtu.be/sCf9jpuBCIU

Alex Benay, chief information officer of the Government of Canada answers Global Government Forum’s five questions for better government.

https://youtu.be/fVUcUJ9fYck

Tim Occleshaw, Deputy Government Chief Digital Officer, New Zealand answers Global Government Forum’s five questions for better government.

https://youtu.be/164iyzNBllE

Kevin Cunnington, Director General of the Government Digital Service, UK answers Global Government Forum’s five questions for better government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvjmbin2bbg

Heiki Loot, Secretary of State, Estonian Government answers Global Government Forum’s five questions for better government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFtd2lXnNQ

Sunil Shahaney, former Director of the Debt Programme, Cabinet Office answers Global Government Forum’s five questions for better government.

Test

Slow but sure: exploring open banking’s potential for streamlining citizen services

Open banking creates super-fast, automated data connections and brings significant possibilities for improving public service delivery, but adoption has so far been slow. Ian Hall investigates the opportunities and obstacles […]

UK open banking body launches app store to clarify ‘daunting’ market

The body leading the development of ‘open banking’ in the UK has this week launched an app store in a bid to help buyers navigate what it describes as a […]

China to test digital currency in four cities

China, which seeks to be the first major economy to launch a digital currency, is to trial a digital yuan in four urban areas – including payments of local government […]

France and UK move forward on central bank digital currencies

The central banks of France and the UK have moved towards the creation of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), with the Banque de France issuing a call for applications to […]

UK lockdown squeezes out cash, but slows progress on payments reforms

The economic regulator for the UK’s £75 trillion (US$93.3 trillion) payment systems industry has announced a “revised timetable” for its work priorities as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The Payment Systems […]

Governments quarantine banknotes as coronavirus puts ‘dirty’ money in spotlight

Governments worldwide are quarantining bank notes, as the coronavirus pandemic puts the spotlight on the germ-spreading properties of ‘real’ money. The US, South Korea and China have all been taking […]

Canada open banking review to focus on data security

A government advisory committee investigating ‘open banking’ in Canada is to put security concerns centre stage. The first phase of a review of ‘open banking’ – the technology permitting bank […]

Central banks pool brainpower on digital currencies

A group of the world’s most influential central banks have teamed up to pool expertise on central bank digital currencies. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England (BoE), the […]

All accounted for: how four nations tackled financial exclusion

Access to banking and financial services can help tackle poverty, boost economic growth and ease service delivery. Pablo Jiménez Arandia examines four countries’ very different approaches to tackling financial exclusion […]

Could Libra tip the scales? Assessing Facebook’s cryptocurrency

The arrival of Facebook in the world of cryptocurrencies could take these emerging financial technologies to the next level – and governments are only just starting to consider their response. […]

EU report signposts route to blockchain ID verification

Fragmented. Insecure. Lacking in interoperability. These are just some of the realities of today’s digital identity landscape, according to a new report published by the European Union Blockchain Observatory & […]

Getting off the Fens: the global journey of Social Impact Bonds

Born as a pilot scheme in the Fens of East England, Social Impact Bonds have since been deployed in dozens of countries around the world – bringing together private finance, […]