Best practice regulation: Setting targets and detecting vulnerabilities

New Zealand’s 1991 Building Act created a new regulatory environment, but led to the leaky building crisis. In light of…


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Anticipatory public budgeting: Adapting public finance for the 21st century

Governments face long-term challenges, but while infrastructure investments take a long-term view, other types of…


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An evidence rating scale for New Zealand: Understanding the effectiveness of interventions in the social sector

Evidence-based policy is important, which means that policy professionals need to make judgements about the quality of…


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A new way of thinking: Critical Treaty analysis

The authors studied a group of policies to see how well they embedded Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and developed a Critical…


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