This month
Fiscal deficit Reversing the trend
Jocelyne Bourgon, of the Canada School of Public Service, on the measures the Canadian government took in the 1990s to eliminate a fiscal deficit Read article
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Nuclear debate Arms control
If there is to be a new age of international arms control, how can nuclear weapon states verify disarmament? VERTIC's Executive Director, Andreas Persbo, reports
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Public services Public or private?
Are there activities that must be carried out by government? How much of the public service should be opened up to the private sector? Gary Sturgess of The Serco Institute reports
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Interview Introducing Sheila Dikshit
The Chief Minister of Delhi, India's capital city, has focused on providing quality education and healthcare and an efficient public transport system. She talks to senior journalist Kalyani Shankar
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Incentives Freedom to deliver
Sir Michael Bichard, Executive Director of The Institute for Government, asks whether the people tasked with delivering public services in the UK face barriers to innovation
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