TY - BOOK ED - New Zealand Productivity Commission TI - More effective social services SN - 978-0-478-44022-5 (online) PY - 2015/// CY - Wellington, New Zealand : PB - New Zealand Productivity Commission KW - ECONOMIC ASPECTS KW - INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION KW - MĀORI KW - NONPROFIT ORGANISATIONS KW - OLDER PEOPLE KW - SOCIAL SERVICES KW - SUPPORT SERVICES KW - WHĀNAU ORA KW - DISABLED PEOPLE KW - GOVERNMENT POLICY KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - Details of Appndices B - G. Appendix B: Case study: Employment services; Appendix C: Case study: Whānau Ora; Appendix D: Case study: Services for people with disabilities; Appendix E: Case study: Home-based support of older people; Appendix F: The economics of social services; Appendix G: Machinery of government and cross-agency coordination groups N2 - "In June 2014, the Productivity Commission was asked to look at ways to improve how government agencies commission and purchase social services. The final report was released in mid-September 2015. It makes several recommendations about how to make social services more responsive, client-focused, accountable and innovative." (from the website). Use the website link for related documents, including various summary documents, a video presentation and media release. Appendices B-G are also available separately from the website - see details above. Read the news item for the background to this report. Record #4811 UR - http://www.productivity.govt.nz/sites/default/files/social-services-final-report-main.pdf UR - http://www.productivity.govt.nz/inquiry-content/2032?stage=4 UR - https://nzfvc.org.nz/?q=node/1868 ER -