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OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes

In 2010 New Zealand participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes.The purpose of…

What Works: Community Facilities Fund and Marae Heritage Fund Capital Projects in communities and community wellbeing

In 2010/11 the Lottery Grants Board commissioned research to better understand the beneficial outcomes that occur for communities that receive grants for capital projects. The projects…

Purchasing of cigarettes by under-age youth - Youth Insights Survey 2010: In Fact

In the 2010 Youth Insight Survey, 14- to 15-year-olds were asked about purchasing cigarettes. Around three-quarters who had tried to buy cigarettes said that they had…

Social and population statistics architecture for New Zealand

The social and population statistics architecture provides a high-level view of the primary data sources and the ways in which they are combined to meet information…

Improving our understanding of Auckland's competitiveness: A synthesis of the Auckland Research Programme

Between 2007 and 2011, the Auckland Policy Office (APO) managed a research programme with the objective of acquiring evidence about how policy can best contribute to…

Tracking Equality at Work

The world of work has changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Globalisation, economic recession, technological advances, security of tenure, the rise of knowledge work and the decline…

Observations on the use of Debt by Local Government in New Zealand

The use of debt by local government in New Zealand has historically followed a cyclical pattern. This pattern is the result of a number of factors.…

Community Cancer Support Services Pilot Project Evaluation

In 2008, the Ministry of Health commissioned Health Outcomes International to evaluate three community cancer support pilots. The pilot projects aimed at reducing inequalities in cancer…

The psychosocial consequences of the Canterbury earthquakes

Many people directly experiencing a major natural disaster such as an earthquake will experience psychosocial effects – both individual psychological effects impacting on how people feel…

Productivity and Local Workforce Composition

This chapter examines the link between firm productivity and the population composition of the areas in which firms operate. We combine annual firm-level microdata on production,…