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Improving government worldwide

There isn’t a society in the world that doesn’t want its government to work better. Our mission is to inspire and support better government and public policy around the world.

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Events

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Measuring what counts in order to make markets work for people

Joseph Stiglitz's keynote speech followed by a panel discussion. As part of GO Lab's Social Outcomes Conference 2021.

09 September 2021

Event

Politicians in the board room? How government should handle responsible business

Dambisa Moyo and Karthik Ramanna discuss how governments can support responsible business. As part of GO Lab's Social Outcomes Conference 2021.

10 September 2021

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Global Dashboard on Vaccine Equity launched, featuring data from COVID-19 tracker

July 2021

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Stefan Dercon, advising on effective aid spending

July 2021

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A year in review: annual report out

June 2021

In the media

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The metaphysics of regulatory capture

Karthik Ramanna responds to ProMarket’s Stigler 50 Years Later series

ProMarket

02 August 2021

Media

Sale of semiconductor factory to Chinese-owned firm presents bigger UK risk than Huawei

Interview with Ciaran Martin in which he says that the sale of the UK's largest microchip factory to a Chinese-owned firm poses a bigger risk to Britain’s strategic interests than Huawei’s involvement in the 5G network

Daily Telegraph

24 July 2021

Media

If this is a global pandemic, why aren’t we loosening our chains like the rest of the world?

Article mentions the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and its stringency index

Spectator (Australia)