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A Balancing Act: Drive Sustainability while Managing Cost and Risk

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Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] A Balancing Act: Drive Sustainability while Managing Cost and Risk April 27, 2023 | | Supply Chain by Vishal Patel Cost, Risk, and Sustainability. The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time?

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability. What is Smart Public Procurement?

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Effectiveness and Efficiency in Public Procurement: Key Pillars for Optimal Resource Management

The Procurement ClassRoom

Strategic Alignment and Value Effective procurement aligns with the broader goals of the public sector entity, incorporating socio-economic objectives like supporting local businesses, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion. Effectiveness also encapsulates completing procurement projects without undue delays or cost overruns.

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Digital health in the Asia-Pacific: Making services more sustainable

AWS Public Sector

They need sustainable solutions to address affordability. The Deloitte report lists socio-economic benefits as including increased national productivity and tax contributions as a result of happier, healthier nations—on top of a reduction in healthcare costs, which makes services more sustainable.

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How Developing Countries Reduce the Impact of Climate Vulnerability on Sovereign Risk

Inter-American Development Bank

Enhance Green Financing and Risk Transfer Mechanisms : Developing sustainable debt markets is crucial for facilitating climate adaptation. Invest in Resilient Infrastructure : Public spending on resilient infrastructure is a long-term investment with immediate and sustained benefits.

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Top CIOs to Watch in 2024: Arcfield’s Bob Schwendinger

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Bob Schwendinger CIO, Arcfield Bob Schwendinger aims to find the right balance between stability and innovation. He and his team prioritize implementing technology at Arcfield that isn’t just advanced, but also sustainable and scalable to align with the company’s long-term goals.

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Resiliency imperatives for CIOs with sensitive and highly-available cloud environments in AWS GovCloud (US)

AWS Public Sector

Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, technology leaders, and government agency CIOs continually balance risk and reward to accomplish many things by using AWS GovCloud (US).

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