Posted by Richard Johnson on June 20, 2018 · 1 Comment
The Ministry of Labour Social Affairs Martyrs & Disabled (MoLSAMD) in Afghanistan (the equivalent of DWP in the UK or DEEWR in Australia), with technical assistance from the World Bank, are about to begin the contracting of two pilot employment programmes. One aims to open up a formal migration channel for thousands of Afghanistan workers … Continue reading →
Filed under Afghanistan, Contract design, Outsourcing, poverty, Service design, Skills, Welfare to work, World Bank · Tagged with bottom-up, employers, fragile states, inputs versus outputs versus outcomes, jobs, labour markets, long-term unemployment, markets, migration, outcome-based contracting. payment by results, outcomes, outsourcing, place, poverty, price competition, top-down, unemployment, vocational training, youth unemployment
Posted by Richard Johnson on September 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The UK government will never accept an EU refugee quota. However, we have already seen how the public cry of horror at a drowning child can soften a political heart, and draw out a commitment to take more displaced people. This commitment includes targeting those with arguably the highest level of need, in camps closest … Continue reading →
Filed under Refugees, Service design, Social investment, Value for money · Tagged with commercial model, operational model, outcome-based contracting, outcomes, performance measurement, quality versus price, refugees, resettlement, risk, unemployment, value for money, wellbeing