The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet hosts the Policy Project. This Policy Quality Framework sets out the dimensions of quality policy advice and is useful for policy professionals…

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…

This guidance is aimed at any local government officer involved in the report writing process: writers, reviewers, managers and governance professionals. It supports officers to provide robust,…

Especially in the area of resource management, identifying a range of options is key to the development of effective solutions. Policy development typically starts with identifying a problem…

Providing free and frank advice is integral to the development and delivery of policy stewardship, good policy decisions, and to the legitimacy and performance of a politically neutral public…

Governments face long-term challenges, but while infrastructure investments take a long-term view, other types of government spending do not. Anticipatory budgeting considers how a government could…

Evidence-based policy is important, which means that policy professionals need to make judgements about the quality of evidence they draw on. The rating scale provides a standard to help policy…