Stiglitz addresses CIPFA and HM Treasury symposium

Professor Joseph Stiglitz, chair of the UN Commission on the global financial crisis, this week headlined a symposium hosted by CIPFA and HM Treasury.
 
Opening the World Class Performance Symposium 2010, the Nobel-prize winning economist argued that public sector investment is needed for economic recovery.
 
Other speakers included Sir Ian Blair, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and Jon Thompson, Head of the Government Finance Profession and Director General for Finance at the Ministry of Defence.

CIPFA Scotland annual conference 2010
Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy is set to speak at the CIPFA Scotland Annual Conference to discuss Scotland's fiscal future and the journey ahead. The conference is on 18-19 March in Dundee. Book your place here.

Developments in the housing sector
The Improvement Network has published its latest quarterly update covering policy hot topics in the housing sector. Access this update.

AssetManager.NET upgraded for IFRS Phase 1
A new version of CIPFA’s popular AssetManager.NET is now available. The latest version of this web-enabled software is now fully compliant with IFRS. If you are not a current AssetManager.NET user but would like to find out more, email chester@cipfa.org.uk  or visit www.cipfaproperty.net 

This week in Public Finance: New Schools of Thought
Labour and the Tories are squaring up for the coming election battles over education, and are scathing about each other’s plans. But how much of this is posturing and how much substance? Conor Ryan investigates.

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