Economic development
Strategy
City of Sydney live music and performance action plan
In response to community and industry concern regarding the health of the Sydney live music and performance industry, the City worked with industry and academia to develop its Live Music and Performance Action Plan in 2013. The action plan aims to support Sydney live music and performance sector through regulatory reform, advocacy, research and strategic...
Report
Opportunities to improve New Zealand's policy coherence for development
Policy coherence for development (PCD) is a widening of the analysis of the performance of Official Development Assistance (ODA) policy to also include other government policies that could affect development outcomes.
Report
Preserving peace as China rises
With inventive foreign policy needed to reassure the Indo-Pacific’s established powers and accommodate Chinese ambitions, this report proposes three complementary strategies: prolong US leadership; protect the territorial status quo; and pursue a policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ vis-à-vis territorial disputes. Executive summary With the centre of global economic gravity shifting east towards Asia, the Indo-Pacific will...
Journal article
The green economy: mythical or meaningful?
This article considers several issues associated with the concept of the green economy. What is the green economy? Where did it come from? Why do some embrace it while others disdain it?
Report
The global risks report 2014
This report maps 31 global risks according to level of concern, likelihood and impact and interconnections among them. Findings are based on a survey of the World Economic Forum’s multistakeholder communities.