Source: Government

For several decades, researchers and policy-change advocates have offered economic evidence that the health sector would better serve the population – and at less cost – if more of its…

In social services, intuition does not always produce results and long-funded programs do not always achieve what we hope. As we realize the complexity of changing people’s lives, evidence has…

The Government of Canada remains firmly committed to working with the Atlantic Provinces to take bold action – under the Atlantic Growth Strategy (AGS) – to create good-paying, middle class…

The Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) is a university research centre based at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa. 3ci is working with the…

This report examines the key success factors for designing effective community benefits requirements for large transit infrastructure projects and how their success can be monitored, tracked and measured – particularly…

Edmonton has experienced population and employment growth significantly above the national average almost continuously since the arrival of the new millennium.1 Yet many Edmontonians have not shared in this prosperity….

The government’s payment by results (PbR) schemes are now estimated by the National Audit Office to account for at least £15 billion of public spending. However, neither the Cabinet Office…

Employment and skills training programming and services in Canada are supported and delivered by both federal and provincial/territorial governments. The federal government provides funding to provinces and territories through four major bilateral…

Calgarians enjoy one of the highest standards of living and lowest percentage of people living in poverty in Canada. In Calgary in 2011, 6.6 per cent of the population lived…

The economic challenges of the 21st century are daunting. Rapid urbanization resulting from large-scale displacements of populations, with attendant crises of mass poverty and unemployment, threaten to persist well into…

The UK is widely recognised as the most advanced social investment market in the world. This domestic strategy outlines how, over the next 5 years, the government will: use social…

This guide provides a catalog of efforts made by local government institutions to support cooperative development in their regions. It is an ongoing compilation of information by the Philadelphia Area…