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Think Tanks to Merge
16 Dec 2011 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Business Roundtable and the New Zealand Institute confirmed today that the boards of the two organisations had agreed to combine forces to form a new, independent public policy think tank.
NZahead Report Card Update - October 2011
26 Oct 2011 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Institute has today released its update to the interactive web-based NZahead report card assessing New Zealand’s performance on 16 economic, environmental and social measures.
Global Competitiveness Report 2011
07 Sep 2011 | 205 Kb PDF | Presentations
This presentation describes New Zealand’s performance compared to 142 economies plus highlights from the World Economic Forum’s report.
New Zealand competitiveness restricted by innovation performance
07 Sep 2011 | Media Releases
New Zealand has ranked 25th in the latest World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness report, down from 23rd last year.
Two proposals to reduce youth disadvantage
19 Jul 2011 | Media Releases
The latest discussion paper from the New Zealand Institute More ladders, fewer snakes: Two proposals to reduce youth disadvantage, investigates the plight of our youth and identifies two powerful interventions to improve outcomes.
What Government can learn about silos
14 Jul 2011 | 156 Kb PDF | Perspectives
Is someone somewhere in government focusing on how organisations are developed most effectively and applying that knowledge to improve the performance of government agencies?
Auckland’s future shape
24 May 2011 | 174 Kb PDF | Perspectives
Central Government and Auckland Council need to find new ways of working that deliver effective, integrated solutions for Auckland and New Zealand.
Economic Strategy
14 Apr 2011 | 222 Kb PDF | Presentations
A high level directional view of the economy and priorities.
New Zealand’s global ICT ranking up but more focus needed as world transforms
13 Apr 2011 | 119 Kb PDF | Perspectives
New Zealand’s rank has climbed to 18th out of 138 economies in the World Economic Forum-INSEAD Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011, up one place from last year and just behind Australia’s rank of 17th.
Time to demand long term policies
30 Mar 2011 | 190 Kb PDF | Perspectives
To get long term solutions, the public must convince politicians that they care about long term opportunities and risks.