The Great Transition
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This report charts ways ahead for public services: involving users in the design and delivery of services. It argues that co-production should be central to delivering the "Big Society" vision of the coalition government.
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As the public sector is cut back and jobs are lost where will the newly unemployed go? The Coalition Government hopes that the private sector will emerge to absorb both these newly unemployed as well as the existing 5 million claiming benefits. But how likely is this, especially in the most deprived areas? This report explores if new enterprise really can fill the employment void.
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EU citizens are consuming far more fish than European seas can produce, becoming increasingly dependent on seafood from other waters. If the EU were only to consume fish from its own waters, it would run-out of fish on July 8th, making it wholly dependent on fish from elsewhere from July 9th.
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Poverty is usually defined by the ‘$1-a-day’ line developed by the World Bank. But does definition this tell the whole story? This report argues that we need a broader approach, based on human rights, which takes into account actual living standards.
[sell_price]Gordon Brown has claimed that around 10 per cent of the UK package to stimulate the economy was directed towards "...
Read moreThis guide aims to show organisations and institutions to make better decisions using Social Return on Investment (SROI...
Read moreAn introduction to new economics, through John Ruskin and E.F. Schumacher, right up to nef's current work.
Read morePublic services are under pressure to cut costs, but efficiency targets are compromising the quality of service...
Read moreThis report argues that community sentencing is an effective alternative to prison for women offenders which delivers...
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