Opinion: Why Social Investment Is Exciting

09/10/2024

He Pōneketanga, column published in BusinessDesk on 25 October 2024.

In this first He Pōneketanga column, I introduce a monthly view of the daily and sometimes banal practice between elected and non-elected officials, written from inside the head of a street-level bureaucrat and drawing on current public administration research. I look at the policy settings the Minister for Social Investment announced the day before, and argue that the new focus on emergent practice matters because people on the frontline of social issues often have better knowledge and solutions than officials in Wellington. If that focus on emergent and enacted practice can be sustained, ministers and officials may for the first time in decades push through the inertia of the policy advisory system and let practice lead on outcomes.

Read the column: https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/why-social-investment-is-exciting

Reference
Te Kawa, D. (2024, October 25). Why social investment is exciting. BusinessDesk. https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/why-social-investment-is-exciting

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