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Making Public Sector Productivity Practical

Making Public Sector Productivity Practical. Productivity Puzzles Season 1, Episode 19  was released on Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Despite showing slow productivity growth over the past decade, the public sector has performed better than the private sector and there is quite a bit of scope for further improvement. This instalment of Productivity Puzzles delves into how and why productivity could grow in the public sector.

This episode accompanies the publication of the Making Public Sector Productivity Practical report.

Our guests:

  • Paul Abraham, Managing Director & Client Partner at Capita Public Service
  • Stephen Aldridge, Chief Economist and Director of Analysis and Data at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Anna Smart, Systems Thinking/Organisational Design Lead at London Borough of Camden

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About Productivity Puzzles

Productivity Puzzles is brought to you by The Productivity Institute, a research body involving nine academic institutions across the UK, eight Regional Productivity Forums throughout the nation, and a national independent Productivity Commission to advise policy makers at all levels of government. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.