INFRASTRUCTURE AND MARKETS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Appraising policies
We help clients with…
Appraising social policy, by evaluating social service and infrastructure policies. We assess whether policies are designed to facilitate successful markets, or if unintended consequences create adverse outcomes.
Review of Early Childhood Education Market, New Zealand
Castalia assessed competition and concentration in the Early Childhood Education market in New Zealand and found that the market was competitive. New Zealand’s Ministry of Education was concerned that the declining number of Early Childhood Education providers could reduce competition, leading to higher prices or lower quality. Read more
Appraisal of Lower Level Tertiary Programs and Courses, New Zealand
Castalia evaluated the value of lower level courses at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand, and showed that they had a benefit-cost ratio of 3.5 to 4. Government funding for Open Polytechnic’s lower level courses was under threat because of low student retention rates. Read more
Analysis of Pharmaceutical Public Plan Policies, New Zealand
Castalia analyzed outcomes under the New Zealand pharmaceutical public funding scheme so that we could advise if the model should be followed by Canada. Canadian national and provincial governments were considering whether to adopt New Zealand’s model for driving down pharmaceutical prices and wanted to know if health outcomes would suffer if they did. Read more
Services
We help clients with assessing how competition and markets drive social sector outcomes, by using economic and financial analysis to ... Read more
We help clients with designing markets, shaping overall market structure to ensure vital social services and infrastructure are delivered efficiently, ... Read more
We help clients with designing and reviewing social infrastructure regulation, by reviewing regulatory decisions, frameworks, and proposed laws. We also ... Read more
We help clients with building institutions and capacity using public private partnership. We advise clients on how best to determine ... Read more
We help clients with fiscal management of social infrastructure and programs: building systems and capacity. We work with fiscally constrained ... Read more
We help clients with developing social services and infrastructure pipelines, ensuring that project pipelines identify, screen and prioritize social services ... Read more
We help clients with appraising and diligencing projects and investments, across social services and infrastructure. We apply financial models and ... Read more
We help clients with managing transactions, by carrying social infrastructure and service projects through to financial close, while protecting the ... Read more
We help clients with investigating anti-competitive conduct by providing expert advice. Our experts advise on allegations and disputes related to ... Read more
We help clients with evaluating performance, learning and disseminating knowledge. We advise clients on best-practice service delivery models, and on ... Read more
