Public Policy Design & Delivery

UN Creates Historic Route Forward For Governments in Location-based Data

At the United Nations headquarters in New York this week a Committee of Experts is charting a route forward for global collection and use of geospatial data. That is, data […]

Should All Government Data Be Free?

As a consequence of the G8 declaration of 2014, a number of agencies that collate data are developing systems that allow for greater corporate transparency. The OECD has recently launched […]

Environmental Crime

Environmental crime – everything from illegal logging to the slaughter of endangered species – is globally worth up to $213 billion a year. The immense profits then help fuel other […]

Gender Equality in Public Administration – What Happens Now?

The formal launch by the United Nations Development Programme of its report Gender Equality in Public Administration is already leading to calls for new partners to step forward   In […]

Plain Packaging Cigarettes – Smoke Turns to Fire

Australia’s law bringing in plain packaging for cigarettes may be copied by several governments. But the latest developments and data show this is a complex area to legislate on. In […]

Can Africa Balance Growth with Reform?

The latest African Economic Outlook contains plenty of positive news and data. But can the governments which helped fuel the booms keep pace? Economic growth is starting to look very […]

The future of India’s Civil Service

Tom Lloyd considers how the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could affect India’s Civil Service When the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP as it is more commonly known, […]

Digital Democracy: a new way to engage citizens?

Can the work of global governments ever be interesting enough for social media? The UK Parliament certainly hopes so, as Eleanor Goodison reports A revolution may be about to take […]

Global life expectancy goes up, but rich-poor divide remains

People born in 2012 can expect to live an average six years longer than people born in 1990, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organisation (WHO). […]

Forum: To cut or not to cut?

Do public sector cuts help drive growth, or put the brakes on recovery? Tim Gibson invites you to enter the debate Even though the global economy appears to have turned […]