Policy Quality Framework

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet hosts the Policy Project. This Policy Quality Framework sets out the…


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Developing papers with the Policy Quality Framework

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet hosts the Policy Project. This checklist for peer reviewers, which…


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More effective social services at a glance

This is a summary diagram the 2015 Productivity Commission report, More effective social services, that looked into…


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Social Investment Unit: Briefing to the Incoming Ministers

This 2017 Briefing to the Incoming Minister sets out why social investment matters, and what a successful social…


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Place-based public service budgets: Making public money work better for communities

In the context of austerity, public services in England have been focused on short-term crises rather than long-term…


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Social sector commissioning: Progress, principles and next steps

In 2018, the then-Government tasked social sector Chief Executives to look into the way their agencies worked with…


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Let it go: Devolving power and resources to improve lives

New Zealand’s system of social supports does not meet the needs of some people, and significantly fails a small group…


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Early investment: A key to reversing intergenerational disadvantage and inequity in Aotearoa New Zealand

New Zealand has a persistent problem with child poverty and its intergenerational consequences. Intergenerational…


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More effective social services

This 2015 report took an extensive look into social service provision in New Zealand, asking why – despite the hard…


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Demonstrating the complexities of being poor; an empathy tool

This 2014 research report came out of the Families 100 project, which involved extensive research with 100 families…


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