Public Policy

How do you navigate the contested policy space with confidence and certainty?

Good public policy seeks to address complex issues in the interest of improving people’s lives. But for good policy to result in good outcomes, it needs a robust evidence base, supportive stakeholders, and commitment from key decisionmakers. Policymakers often require additional support to ensure their ideas have the impact they should.

That’s where we come in. We provide innovative policy advice to government and work with organisations to influence and respond to ever-changing policy contexts. From policy development to regulation, economic analysis to service design and delivery, our consultants are experienced across the full suite of government functions. Bringing this experience to bear upon our most pressing public policy challenges, we work under high standards of probity and integrity to deliver transformative policy outcomes.

Our consulting services include

  • Policy development

    Developing good policy requires a deep understanding of the often-complex range of forces that give rise to a problem that government must address. It also calls for an appreciation of the levers that governments at different levels have. We bring the analytical heft, stakeholder engagement skills and knowledge of government to produce options or advice to inform your own policy development work.

  • Regulation

    Regulation is essential to a well-functioning economy and society. When it works well, regulation allows citizens to be protected from harm, to set up and run businesses smoothly, to share information and invest with confidence – and to do these things without being drowned in paperwork. We work with regulators to shape policy thinking and provide regulatory solutions and reforms.

  • Evaluation

    Governments often benefit from help in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, or in conducting strategic reviews or evaluations that inform policy and program design and implementation. We bring expertise in evaluation methods, including those requiring sophisticated data analysis and modelling. We are skilled in trauma-informed engagement and in ensuring highly ethical processes.

  • Economics

    For public sector leaders faced with uncertainty, robust economic analysis can give you the evidence base you need to progress your agenda. We develop tailored data-driven methodologies to help you quantify the likely outcomes of a new program, investment, policy change or regulatory option. We also apply economic thinking to help you solve problems.

Policy development

Developing good policy requires a deep understanding of the often-complex range of forces that give rise to a problem that government must address. It also calls for an appreciation of the levers that governments at different levels have. We bring the analytical heft, stakeholder engagement skills and knowledge of government to produce options or advice to inform your own policy development work.

Regulation

Regulation is essential to a well-functioning economy and society. When it works well, regulation allows citizens to be protected from harm, to set up and run businesses smoothly, to share information and invest with confidence – and to do these things without being drowned in paperwork. We work with regulators to shape policy thinking and provide regulatory solutions and reforms.

Evaluation

Governments often benefit from help in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, or in conducting strategic reviews or evaluations that inform policy and program design and implementation. We bring expertise in evaluation methods, including those requiring sophisticated data analysis and modelling. We are skilled in trauma-informed engagement and in ensuring highly ethical processes.

Economics

For public sector leaders faced with uncertainty, robust economic analysis can give you the evidence base you need to progress your agenda. We develop tailored data-driven methodologies to help you quantify the likely outcomes of a new program, investment, policy change or regulatory option. We also apply economic thinking to help you solve problems.

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