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Public policy
Publication
28 March 2023

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: When (and why) independent service delivery is preferable to collaborative public management

Drawing on a notable case of collaborative failure in England we show that misdiagnosing public service problems as being of a type likely to be cured by joint working also generates poor results, and belongs conceptually prior to many “go-to” explanations of failure.

Thomas ElstonGermà BelHan Wang
Public sector
Economic growth and equality
Rescue workers in Osmaniye, Turkey
Blog
15 February 2023

Politics of disaster and destiny: the Turkey-Syria earthquake

MPP student Ezgi Yazici on the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

Ezgi Yazici
Ezgi Yazici
Turkey
Syria
Chris Stone during his workshop in front of a full audience
Blog
15 December 2022

Collaborating to solve society’s big issues – a new case study on tackling undernutrition in Ethiopia

Bringing the challenges and opportunities of public sector collaboration to the classroom.

Oenone Kubie
Oenone Kubie
Case Centre on Public Leadership
Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford
...
Ethiopia
International Growth Centre
Programme

International Growth Centre

Promoting sustainable growth in developing countries, focusing on what the centre has identified as the four key drivers of growth: state effectiveness, productive firms, liveable cities and reliable energy access.

Economy
Development
Pupils in a classroom
Programme

Digital Pathways at Oxford

Digital Pathways at Oxford explored the strengths and weaknesses of emerging practice around policy and regulation of digital technologies in developing nations, and provided concrete proposals to improve them, including the Digital Economy Toolkit.

Economy
Inclusion
...
Development
Digital, Cyber and AI
Africa
Learning from a real-life, real-time situation: COVID-19 briefings
Blog
23 March 2021

Learning from a real-life, real-time situation: COVID-19 briefings

How we used real-world examples from the pandemic in our teaching.

Emily Jones, Anna Petherick
The School
Health
...
COVID-19
Tom Simpson
News
04 December 2020

New online course: Values and Public Policy

Enrolment is open now for the first intake of students starting in January 2021

Integrity
Economic growth and equality
Publication
01 October 2020

Do deadline extensions encourage tax filing? Evidence from Pakistan

Muhammad Khudadad Chattha
Business and capitalism
Public sector
...
Centre for the Study of African Economies
Pakistan
Publication
28 October 2019

Can Africa learn from the Chinese urbanisation story?

Sebastian KriticosStefan DerconAstrid HaasNicolas Lippolis
Development
Public sector
...
Cities that Work
International Growth Centre
Africa
China
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