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Working together: Re-focusing public accountability to achieve better lives
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Working together: Re-focusing public accountability to achieve better lives
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:
Productivity Commission research paper
Status
:
Not Current
Document (signed) date
:
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Issue date
:
Friday, 17 March 2023
Version note
:
Material on this page was migrated from the Productivity Commission website productivity.govt.nz in May 2024 after the Productivity Commission was disestablished in February 2024.
Corporate author
:
New Zealand Institute for Economic Research
Author
:
Fry, Julie
Wilson, Peter
Viewpoint
:
External
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Publication category
:
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Copyright
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Copyright Held by Non-Crown Party
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