What is the evidence on which decision making structures (at which geographies) work best to deliver effective public services to citizens and level up communities?
Background
Further building our evidence and understanding on which public services, delivered at which level of government, deliver greatest public value and what we can learn from different policy approaches taken across the UK.
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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What Works Scotland Centre
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Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on promoting the systematic use of evidence in the design, reform, and delivery of public services, which aligns with the question's objective of understanding effective public service delivery.
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The governance of multi-sector public service delivery networks.
The use of market-inspired instruments for steering public service delivery has become ubiquitous across developed economies and yet the experience with contracting for complex services suggests that we are still in the ...
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Wales Centre for Public Policy
As a small country with relatively young devolved institutions, Wales needs greater policy capacity. The Wales Centre for Public Policy will help to provide this. It will host the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW)...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on mobilizing evidence about what works in addressing economic and social challenges, which partially aligns with the question's objective of understanding effective public service delivery.