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Mar 2008 | Regulate & Collaborate: Government & Global CEO
Our new annual study, 'Regulate & Collaborate: Government and the Global CEO', compares and contrasts the viewpoints of CEOs and top-level government officials on regulation and the extent of collaboration between the public and private sectors and comments on the extent of government-to-government collaboration, the global challenge of climate change and the future for public-private relationships. This report builds upon PricewaterhouseCoopers prestigious Annual Global CEO Survey, launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which for the first time this year includes views from an international sample of public sector leaders as well as those from business CEOs. | |
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Mar 2008 | Confronting corruption: The business case for an effective anti-corruption programme
Efforts by business, governments and non-governmental organisations in the last decade have given the fight against corruption considerable momentum. But significant challenges lie ahead. Confronting corruption: The business case for an effective anti-corruption programme is a PricewaterhouseCoopers report that examines what companies are currently doing to manage the risk of corruption, what steps they should take to better protect themselves in the future and the vital roles both Government and business have to play: governments to implement and enforce anti-corruption measures, business to implement and vigorously enforce anti-corruption programmes. | |
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Mar 2008 | The value of PFI: hanging in the balance (sheet)?
This publication looks at the impact of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the light of the impending adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by the UK Government from 2008/2009 onwards. The new standards are likely to bring most PFI projects on balance sheet and so the accounting driver for public bodies to procure projects through PFI will disappear.
The paper asks whether this matters. Has PFI brought about the benefits hoped for? To the extent it has, what has been the contribution of private finance? How important is the 'F' in 'PFI'? And will the impending accounting changes actually open up the way towards structuring projects more effectively? | |
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Feb 2008 | Financial Devolution for Local Growth
The UK Government, in both its 2007 Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration and 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, has proposed a range of new local financing tools that place a premium on local innovation in order to address its current infrastructure funding gap. We have been working with the Centre for Cities to explore how these and other new financial tools can help unlock greater infrastructure investment - which is critical to securing sustainable growth in our cities and towns. This new survey captures the market’s views and attitudes towards greater financial devolution in funding infrastructure investment. | |
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Nov 2007 | The road ahead for public service delivery - Delivering on the customer promise
Public sector leaders around the world face a common set of challenges if their services are to meet the increased expectations of their customers – both citizens and businesses. This study identifies these challenges and shares lessons learnt, from examples around the world, to offer a structured approach in support of public sector leaders in their work to improve public services and deliver on the customer promise. | |
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Nov 2007 | Paying Taxes 2008 - the global picture
This unique joint study by PwC's Tax practice and the World Bank compares tax regimes in 178 countries around the world, and ranks them according to the relative ease of paying taxes by focusing on the number of tax payments a company has to make, the time it takes to comply and the total tax rate, in order to determine the overall ease of paying taxes. The study uses the methodology of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Total Tax Contribution framework which is designed to help companies identify their true tax contribution, either in a particular country or on a global basis. | |
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Sept 2007 | Public Services at the Crossroads How should we define UK public services and what aims should we have for them? We have been supporting this ippr project which revisits the case for the reform of public services in the UK and charts a way ahead. It argues that public service reform should now focus on getting the relationships right between central and local government, services and their workforce, citizens and public service users. This requires not just a change of approach on the part of central government, but a new a new set of bargains and responsibilities on all sides, with information and accountability at the heart of a new system of public service improvement. The report is being published as a contribution to the debate in the run-up to the Comprehensive Spending Review. | |
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Sept 2007 | It’s all about you: Citizen-centred welfare What kind of welfare state does the UK want ten years from now? And how might we get there? These key areas of research are explored in this ippr report, supported by PwC. The report, a collection of essays, sets out what a new approach might look like and how it would operate. The essays make the case for a welfare system based on a fair contract between the state, citizens and civil society, leading the way to greater personalisation of services with more people supported off benefits and into work. | |
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Sept 2007 | City Solutions: Financing local growth. Towards a supplementary business rate Supplementary Business Rates (SBRs) have recently been proposed as a mechanism to allow cities to generate additional funds for infrastructure investment. This paper presents new analysis that illustrates their possible contribution and the main challenges that must be tackled by city leaders, business and central government if SBRs are to finance local growth. It is part of the joint City Solutions project we are undertaking in the UK with Centre for Cities.
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Sept 2007 | Consumer insight in public services This report is a summary of the findings from a participative workshop which took place in the UK to explore the experiences of young people moving in and out of employment. Participants' views were sought on a new service that means that they only have to register their changes of circumstances once, rather than to multiple government agencies. Senior civil servants also participated in this workshop which provided them first hand experience of customer insight research. | |
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Aug 2007 | Information security awareness initiatives: current practice and the measurement of success
Organisations, whether private or public, are increasingly recognising the importance of information security awareness. This report assesses the impact and success of security awareness initiatives in different organisations in Europe, analyses how organisations are approaching information security awareness and the measurement of effectiveness. It focuses on cultural change, the ways in which sets of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) can pay off, and how assessing methods can contribute to the development of a wider culture of security. | |
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July 2007 | Making placements abroad - an opportunity for all
Placements abroad and transnational mobility expose young people to new ways of thinking and working. This report sets out the case for supporting the mobility of young people and apprentices in initial vocational education and training (IVET). It researches the existing vocational training systems in Europe in order to identify the obstacles to the more general uptake at European level of transnational mobility leading to qualifications and some potential solutions | |
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July 2007 | Capital ideas: incentives for Councils to build major infrastructure projects NLGN report
PwC supported a project with the New Local Government Network in the UK to develop proposals for improving how local authorities harness investment from Government, the private sector, the EU and RDAs for capital projects.The proposals are now published in a report which examines how to simplify the grant funding framework. It goes to the heart of the ongoing debate on new “localism” in the UK – how to enable local government to have the capacity and flexibility to meet the challenge of financing future economic development.
The study adopts a wide definition of economic development that covers all of the aspects that drive both the economic competitiveness of local areas and creating the sense of place required to deliver sustainable and inclusive communities.
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May 2007 | Signed. Sealed. Delivered?
Are outsourcing contracts delivering benefits for the public sector? PricewaterhouseCoopers addresses the questions surrounding the delivery of UK public sector outsourcing programmes. | |
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Apr 2007 | Investing in HOPE: lessons from the USA on mixed communities
The HOPE VI programme in the USA has pioneered a unique public-private approach to mixed communities that has resulted in housing developments that are viable, attractive to the market and third party investors, and sustainable over the long term. | |
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Mar 2007 | Cities of opportunity: business-readiness indicators for the 21st century
PwC worked with the Partnership for New York City (PfNYC) to co-develop this study, which analyses global cities and the opportunities they offer to businesses. In the study, titled Cities of opportunity: business-readiness indicators for the 21st century, we compare 11 cities -- Atlanta, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Toronto -- using a consistent set of 32 variables that we believe are relevant to a global city of opportunity today. | |
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Mar 2007 | Conference on international development:
post-conference summary
PwC’s second annual international development conference was held on 22 November 2006. The conference was attended by over 180 delegates from public, private and voluntary sectors who work in international development agencies to reform the public sectors in developing and transitioning countries.
The objective of the conference was to discuss ways to bridge the gap between the strategic intent and design of development programmes and to seek innovative approaches to implementation and delivery on the ground. | |
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