This report warns that many of Aotearoa New Zealand's mounting infrastructure challenges stem from a preventable lack of basic upkeep of assets. It calls for fundamental changes, including ring-fencing renewal funding, increasing transparency and ensuring infrastructure investment decisions consider full asset lifecycles rather than just upfront costs.

This report introduces a multi-dimensional framework to assess and compare entrepreneurial ecosystems across all OECD countries. Designed as a policy support tool, the report provides evidence-based insights to identify systemic bottlenecks and guide national strategies. It aims to facilitate informed dialogue and targeted policy action to build dynamic and balanced national entrepreneurial ecosystems.

AI can significantly reduce time spent on government tasks. This report describes a trial of 20,000 civil servants in the United Kingdom, showing they could save nearly two weeks each annually by using the technology. It suggests AI tools have the potential to transform productivity and public service delivery at scale.

This report examines how countries can navigate risks through agile, adaptable and aligned supply chains. It explores trade dependencies, the costs of relocalisation, and how digitalisation and sustainability can shape stronger global supply chains. The report makes recommendations for how governments can manage risk and promote resilient supply chains.

This report highlights nine of the most urgent challenges and issues in terms of everyday use of GenAI tools, especially when children might be using these systems. All of these are in urgent need of greater research, including hearing more from children and young people about how they use, and how they wish to (or...