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    Improving local government needs better policy advice

    Scott, Cathy; Ballingall, John | September 2016
    Abstract
    The decisions made by local government affect all of us. They impact on the air we breathe, the water we drink, the houses we live in, and the roads we drive on. The regulatory role of local government is part of doing business and can have a major impact on a firm’s profitability and growth. In a survey of businesses conducted by the Productivity Commission (2013), 39% of firms reported that regulation by local authorities placed a significant financial burden on their business. Local government regulatory activities therefore have an important effect on local and regional economic growth and, ultimately, national economic growth and community wellbeing. This places a premium on local government organisations having high quality policy advice and decision-making processes in place. Local government’s role in providing and investing in infrastructure is also critically important. Costly decisions taken now can have an important impact for many years to come on individuals and on businesses. This means that local government needs high quality analysis in order to make such investment decisions with confidence that they will deliver sufficient benefits.
    Citation
    Scott, Cathy; Ballingall, John. 2016. Improving local government needs better policy advice. © New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9196.
    Keywords
    Governance
    Corporate Governance Reform
    Governance Approach
    Governance Quality
    Public Sector Projects
    Public Sector Reform
    Political Leadership
    Political Power
    Institutional Framework
    Government
    Government accounting
    Government
    Institutional Framework
    Public Administration
    Business Ethics
    Political Leadership
    Public enterprises
    Public finance
    Government
    Political obligation
    Public management
    Government accountability
    Transparency in government
    Political ethics
    Government spending policy
    Government services
    Democracy
    Democratization
    Elections
    Local government
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    Scott, Cathy
    Ballingall, John
    Theme
    Governance
    Public Sector
     
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