This working paper advances a market-shaping theory of the public sector to address one of the most persistent tensions in public administration: how governments can be both stable and agile, while also steering complex socio-technical transformations. It argues that prevailing approaches centred on market failure correction, efficiency and managerial reform remain insufficient for guiding transitions.

This report summarises how to assess and compare dynamic capabilities across city governments, provides an assessment of dynamic capabilities in a selected sample of cities, and sets out future work that will explore how to create an index that can be scaled and used to effectively build capabilities, positively transforming cities and creating better lives...

The Scottish Government has set out an ambitious vision for an economy that is ‘fair, green and growing’ and has committed to delivering a just transition to net zero by 2045. This paper assesses the existing approach to economic strategy and policy and outlines a strategy for transforming its tools, institutions and capabilities around an...

Industrial strategy is experiencing a renaissance, with global debate rightly shifting from whether to pursue it to how best to design and implement it. This report, based on work that IIPP has done with governments around the world, focuses on the potential of industrial strategy to be a powerful tool not only for catalysing growth...

While this report draws from the experience of Camden Council (London), many of the insights are widely relevant to governments globally. The authors argue that a mission-oriented procurement approach can support ambitious, dynamic governments to address the grand challenges of the 21st Century.