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Civic Engagement: How Can Digital Technology Encourage Greater Engagement in Civil Society?

This Perspective explores the potential impacts that digital technologies may have on the nature of civic engagement and political processes, providing an overview of the opportunities and risks associated with the use of these technologies.

Aug 7, 2017
Commentary

Discount Justice: Fiscal Austerity and State Courts

Budget cuts at the state court level can mean courthouse closures, hiring freezes and layoffs, leading to longer wait times for the public. Educating the public about the role and importance of the state courts is key to preventing more budget cuts in the future.

Apr 18, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Hidden Costs of Cuts : Austerity, Civil Service Management and the Motivation of Public Officials in Central and Eastern Europe After the Crisis

The implementation of austerity measures presents a dilemma for governments.

Mar 15, 2017
Report

Report

Managing the Principal Agent Problem in Bolsa Familia: A look at contextual factors that affect the quality of implementation

Bolsa Familia (BF) is a conditional cash transfer programme introduced in 2003 in Brazil. This report aims to understand the principal agent problem in BF.

Nov 2, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Health Services Commissioning in Northern Ireland: Annex F

This case study discusses the principal elements of Health and Social Care commissioning in Northern Ireland. It explores how the commissioning system functions and how its supports the delivery of health and social care.

Oct 28, 2016
Research Brief

Research Brief

Understanding the Costs and Benefits of State-Level Immigration Policies

State-level action on immigration policies is a contentious issue. RAND researchers developed a cost-benefit framework for classifying consequences of specific policies and assessed studies of specific policies' fiscal and economic impacts.

Aug 4, 2016
Project

Exploring the Hybrid Governance of Cyberspace

The governance of cyberspace could plausibly develop in one of at least two ways: governance by design or governance by practice. RAND Europe was commissioned by Microsoft to address the question of whether norms can be governed, and if so, how.

Jun 15, 2016
Commentary

The Hidden Costs of Pension Plan Reform

While there are many policy options that may decrease pension liabilities for Chicago and cities and states in similar situations, some options being considered may also have serious consequences for the public sector workforce, now and in the future.

May 18, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Understanding the Quality of Implementation in Bolsa Familia: A Look Inside the 'Black Box' of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme

This paper aims to promote a greater understanding of how the 'black box' of implementation in a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme interacts with the quality of implementation.

Apr 6, 2016
News Release

News Release

State-Level Immigration Policies Grow More Common; Cost-Benefit Tool Offered to Assess Full Impact of State Actions

The expanding role of U.S. states in immigration policy raises questions about the consequences of state-level action. A cost-benefit framework identifies the economic and fiscal impacts of state-level immigration policies and how different stakeholders would be affected.

Mar 8, 2016
Report

What Are the Potential Impacts of State-Level Immigration Policies?

The expanding role of U.S. states in immigration policy raises questions about the consequences of state-level action. A cost-benefit framework identifies the economic and fiscal impacts of state-level immigration policies and how different stakeholders would be affected.

Mar 8, 2016
Commentary

Does Intervention or Investment Innovate? Social Impact Bonds at the Close of the Peterborough Prison Pilot

There is limited evidence to support the assumption that social impact bonds offer a particularly effective way to spur innovation in service provision and will only have beneficial effects.

Jan 25, 2016
Commentary

Is Cross-Disciplinary Working the Way Forward to Improve Evaluation?

Working within a single discipline might help identify how to make an existing system work better, but a cross-disciplinary conversation might help determine how to make better systems.

Dec 23, 2015
Project

Evaluating the World's First Social Impact Bond

A process evaluation of a new funding mechanism implemented at a prison in the east of England, whereby private investors covered the costs of delivering public services to offenders on release from prison, provides evidence and key lessons on the operation of social impact bonds.

Dec 18, 2015
Announcement

Pardee RAND Graduate School Names Paul C. Light First Distinguished Visiting Professor

Paul C. Light is an international leader in the field of public policy and public service. As the first-ever Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, he will teach a class, lead a seminar, and participate in events.

Sep 23, 2015
Project

Review of the World Bank's Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund

The UK Department for International Development commissioned RAND Europe to conduct a Mid Term Review of the World Bank's Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund. The review will draw on a number of methods to collect a wide range of data upon which the review will be based.

Jul 10, 2015
Commentary

'Better Regulation': Why Timmermans Should Go Beyond the Regulatory Scrutiny Board

Promoting the 'Better Regulation' agenda in the EU could be given a real boost by turning the proposed Regulatory Scrutiny Board into an impartial evidence and scrutiny centre, putting high-quality and objective impact assessment at the heart of the legislative process.

May 27, 2015
Research Brief

Research Brief

One Place, One Budget? Approaches to pooling resources to transform public services

Summary of report detailing nine case studies where English local authorities are pooling resources to transform public services.

May 22, 2015
Research Brief

Research Brief

Evaluating conditional cash transfer programmes: The case of Bolsa Familia

Summary of report examining factors affecting quality of implementation of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme Bolsa Familia.

Apr 30, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

An Evaluation of Social Impact Bonds in Health and Social Care: Interim Report

This interim report describes the progress of the nine 'Trailblazer' projects that investigate the feasibility of setting up Social Impact Bond (SIB) projects in health and social care in England.

Apr 1, 2015

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