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Transparency, Accountability & Collaboration

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‘We want to make evaluation a fundamental part of what government does’: the inside story of setting up the Australian Centre for Evaluation

The Australian government, led by prime minister Anthony Albanese, has created a Australian Centre for Evaluation to improve appraisal of policy and delivery across departments. In an exclusive interview, Treasury […]

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Australia to launch policy evaluation centre to ‘build a better feedback loop in government’

The Australian government is to establish a new centre for policy evaluation to help it understand what works in policy delivery, and what can work better. The Australian Centre for […]
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Responsive Government Survey reveals impact of era of permacrisis

Public servants around the world are less confident in their governments’ ability to respond to change than they were in 2021, according to exclusive Global Government Forum research that reveals […]

UK civil service ‘should be given stewardship role amid upheaval’ – as PM Sunak reorganises government

The UK government has been urged to strengthen the role of civil servants as stewards of government capability and advice in order to maintain delivery through periods of uncertainty. The […]
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Building blocks: lessons from the global south on reforming the architecture of government

A major conference examined the lessons for good governance from countries in the global south, ranging from Brazil and Peru to Indonesia. Rafael Leite and Ivor Chipkin from the Government […]
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Letter from Ottawa: an exhausting year shows the limits of foresight and the comfort of hindsight

Accountability in government is important – but hindsight must be used to help build resilience and capacity in the public sector, not make politicians and public servants even more risk […]
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Internal Revenue Service impartiality defended in row over audits of top FBI officials fired under Trump

Internal Revenue Service employees are likely to have acted properly when they performed in-depth tax audits on two former FBI leaders demonised by former president Donald Trump, the Professional Managers […]
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A tale of two countries: why has state capture seen China boom and South Africa bust?

Government structures in South Africa struggle under what observers call state capture. Ivor Chipkin, the director of the Government and Public Policy think tank, based in Johannesburg, sets out what […]
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What you find when you evaluate the effectiveness of government spending

Proper evaluation of government spending can reveal lessons that can be used to improve the quality of public services. Phil Bradburn from the UK’s National Audit Office shares what he […]
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Contingent collaboration: inside New Zealand’s ‘what works, when’ approach to joined up government

The ability to solve problems through cross-agency collaboration has become something of a holy grail for public servants, but best practice examples have become almost overwhelmingly prolific. In his new […]