Archives: Public Impact Fundamentals

New Zealand’s Public Financial Management Reforms

Facing increasing fiscal pressures, soaring interest rates and a falling dollar, New Zealand introduced ground-breaking reforms to its entire public sector management in a wave of far-reaching economic and public sector transformation in the 1980s and early 1990s. One critical… Read more

Buurtzorg: revolutionising home care in the Netherlands

Buurtzorg: revolutionising home care in the Netherlands
Home care in the Netherlands is provided to the chronically ill, people with dementia, and individuals in need of end-of-life care following their discharge from hospital. It encompasses medical treatment and nursing services, such as dressing wounds and giving injections,… Read more

The Wigan Deal

In 2010, the British government introduced austerity measures across the country. Wigan, a borough in the north-west, was the third most affected local authority in England. Wigan Council had to deal with substantial budget cuts and devise new ways to… Read more

Waste Management Cooperative: Pune, India

The Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) Cooperative Society was formed in 2008 as a public-private partnership to tackle the growing problem of solid waste management (SWM) in the city of Pune, in India. It is a workers’ Cooperative run… Read more

Green Participatory Budgeting: Lisbon, Portugal

In 2008, Lisbon was the first European capital to adopt participatory budgeting at municipal scale, empowering its citizens to use parts of the Council’s budget each year for projects that benefit their community. In line with Lisbon’s increasing interest in… Read more

Community Energy Cooperative: Schönau, Germany

ElektrizitätsWerke Schönau (EWS), a community-owned energy cooperative, was founded through extensive community engagement and mobilisation after a dispute between the local community and the region’s incumbent nuclear power provider. Driven to action in the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster,… Read more

The Indian Government’s E-Marketplace (GeM)

Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a marquee initiative launched by the Government of India to usher an era of e-governance in the nation. India’s public procurement spend stands at ~ 340 bn GBP (~15-20% of its annual GDP) and faces several… Read more