Demand and Supply of Public Goods - Analysis by Ricardo Hausmann

To raise overall productivity, governments need to supply and improve the provisioning of millions of different public goods.  How does government recognize them and prioritize them?

Hausmann poses this question and proposes that independent public-value rating agencies are needed to analyse the proposals made to government by various NGOs and interest groups.

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/public_sector/building_agencies_to_rate_public_policy

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-citings/to-raise-productivity-governments-need-to-improve-provision-of-public-goods/



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Harvard Kennedy School
2009


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