This checklist describes what good looks like for the different aspects of a data visualization. Aspects covered are text, lines, arrangement, colour, and overall considerations.

This is a summary diagram the 2015 Productivity Commission report, More effective social services, that looked into social service provision in New Zealand, asking why – despite the hard work and…

This 2017 Briefing to the Incoming Minister sets out why social investment matters, and what a successful social investment approach could look like. The components to enable a social investment…

In the context of austerity, public services in England have been focused on short-term crises rather than long-term solutions. This report argues that pooling central government funding in local…

In 2018, the then-Government tasked social sector Chief Executives to look into the way their agencies worked with social service providers. This 2020 report sets out some of the outcomes from that…

New Zealand has a persistent problem with child poverty and its intergenerational consequences. Intergenerational disadvantage plays out in a number of ways, including through physical and mental…

This 2015 report took an extensive look into social service provision in New Zealand, asking why – despite the hard work and commitment of service providers – social services were not always…

This 2014 research report came out of the Families 100 project, which involved extensive research with 100 families experiencing poverty in Auckland. The report uses ‘composite characters’ to…

This 2014 research report came out of the Families 100 project, which looked into the lives of 100 families who use foodbanks, to understand what prevents them from moving out of poverty. Eight key…

Understanding what works for whom at what cost starts with asking the right questions. Questions should be framed to help a policy professional: • understand the population who will be the target of…