The report follows a New Zealand study tour of 42 business and civic leaders in the Netherlands. The report distils the most transferable lessons from the visit. Both countries are small, export-reliant democracies. It shows how the Netherlands has turned its small size into strength through practical thinking and steady delivery.

The world has long depended on public institutions to solve problems and meet needs. A practical guide to designing, testing and evolving institutions, the playbook is action-oriented, helping institutional designers move from ideas to implementation. It provides six guiding principles, and offers tools and insights.

The Australian Industry Participation (AIP) policy aims to ensure that Australian industry has full, fair and reasonable opportunity to compete for work in major projects and to enhance industry capabilities. This evaluation assessed the AIP policy’s design, implementation and outcomes to assess whether it was achieving its intended objectives. It found it continues to address...

The NSW Government requested this review, to consider reforms that would improve the efficiency, fairness, simplicity and transparency of road toll pricing in New South Wales. The review was also asked to consider relevant competition and regulation questions. The reviewers consider that reform is especially needed because the present system has diminishing legitimacy in the...

Industrial strategy is experiencing a renaissance, with global debate rightly shifting from whether to pursue it to how best to design and implement it. This report, based on work that IIPP has done with governments around the world, focuses on the potential of industrial strategy to be a powerful tool not only for catalysing growth...