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Working to make government more effective

The IfG's Whitehall Monitor 2025 reports.

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Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government.

Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government – and what could be improved.  

Insight papers offer a concise run-down of key issues, including our snap analysis of current events such as changes of government or emerging external challenges.

Analysis papers and longer reports dig deeper, drawing on long-running research projects, data analysis and interviews with experts and other key figures to answer the big questions facing government today, such as how to reform the civil service, the role of the tax system or the use of evidence in policy making.  

Our three data-driven reports – Whitehall Monitor, Parliamentary Monitor and Performance Tracker – provide an unrivalled stocktake of the civil service, parliament and public services respectively.

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07 MAR 2011 Report
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Balancing Act

The Institute for Government's report studies the role of parliament in the process of making major public appointments.

06 MAR 2011 Report
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Government by Explanation

What level and type of parliamentary scrutiny maximises the effectiveness of government?

09 FEB 2011 Report
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All aboard?

This summary report contains the Institute for Government's recommendations to ensure new look Whitehall boards can be as effective as possible..

12 JAN 2011 Report
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The New Persuaders II

We refocus attention on understanding the resources that contribute to a nation’s soft power.

23 DEC 2010 Report
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The State of Commissioning

Bold claims about payment by results mechanisms all depend on capacity for provision entering into new, uncertain, markets.

29 OCT 2010 Report
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Smaller and better?

We examine how Whitehall can improve while cutting costs, using examples from around the world.

07 OCT 2010 Report
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The New Persuaders

In an effort to map the world's soft power landscape we have worked in partnership with Monocle magazine to develop a Soft Power Index.

16 JUL 2010 Report
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United we stand?

Our new report makes recommendations to enable the machinery of government to operate more effectively for coalitions.