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…


Anticipatory public budgeting Adapting public finance for the 21st century

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


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…


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…