The report was prepared by the Governance Indicators and Performance Division in the OECD Directorate for Public Governance, under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. Santiago González co-ordinated the report, under the direction of Monica Brezzi. The report was drafted by Conor Das-Doyle, Santiago González, Mariana Prats, Sina Smid and Conal Smith. The report greatly benefitted from comments provided by Barbara Baredes, Andrew Blazey, Monica Brezzi, Gillian Dorner, Misha Kaur, Minju Kim and Jack Radisch, from the Public Governance Directorate and David Carey from the Economics Directorate. Editorial assistance was provided by Thibaut Gigou and Andrea Uhrhammer. The team in the Public Service Commission in charge of co-ordinating and supervising this study was composed by Josh Masson, Aidan Smith and Sarah Kirkham under the leadership of Hannah Cameron, Deputy Commissioner for Strategy and Policy at the New Zealand Public Service Commission. The OECD team acknowledges guidance provided by the Steering Group set up by the Public Service Commission, funding provided by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Statistics New Zealand Tatauranga Aotearoa, Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tāhū o te Ture - Ministry of Justice, and insights provided by experts and national stakeholders in the 40 semi-structured interviews carried out in July 2022. Valuable insights were received as well in an academic workshop organized by the School of Governance at the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington. The OECD would like to thank all people interviewed for their time and inputs.
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