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20 March 2023

Can contracts facilitate trust? Exploring relational contracting at the GO Lab's Social Outcomes Conference and beyond

There is an uneasy tension between trust and contracts. GO Lab's Michael Gibson explores the formal and informal factors that influence greater trust in contractual relationships.

Michael Gibson
Michael Gibson
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Blog
29 September 2022

The People in Government Lab listens directly to the voices of people in government

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic required dramatic changes and new ways of working from civil services around the world.

Elise El Nouchi
Elise El Nouchi
Public sector
People in Government Lab
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.

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Home Win and Place-Based Renewal

A national team of experts pioneering successful place-based renewal to address the challenges facing towns and cities in left-behind regions of the United Kingdom.

Business and capitalism
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Economy
Inclusion
Public sector
United Kingdom (UK)
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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.

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Global cooperation
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Africa
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Government Outcomes Lab

Finding new ways for the public sector to commission services while achieving better social outcomes, and aligning the interests of local authorities and social investors and charities.

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Economy
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Democracy and politics
Integrity
Human behaviour
Conflict and stability
United Kingdom (UK)
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People in Government Lab

Putting people at the centre of government transformation.  A global, interdisciplinary research centre, focused on people and performance management in the public service.

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Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford

The Lemann Foundation Programme is a comparative research programme with an emphasis on Brazil, which generates and disseminates knowledge to improve the public sector and its associated institutions.

Public sector
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Blog
22 June 2022

Building integrity and challenging polarisation during a global pandemic

Director of the Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford Anna Petherick outlines the programme's initial research and knowledge exchange priorities and why these matter to Brazil and many other countries across the Global South.

Anna Petherick
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Anna Petherick
Freya Paulucci Couldrick
Public sector
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COVID-19
Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford
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