GOVERNMENTS, REGULATORS AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
Evaluating performance, learning, and disseminating knowledge
We help public sector and international agencies to…
Evaluate past performance and learn lessons from their own experience and that of other places, so as to inform development of future policies and projects.
Return on Investment from Schooling in Māori, New Zealand
Castalia calculated the social return on investment of schools teaching in Maori as well as English. Educational outcomes of Maori children in New Zealand are below the national average, and the government needed to know if increasing funding to specialist schools teaching in Maori was justified. Read more
Guidance for the Regulation of Mini Grids
We wrote a report that will help governments scale-up electricity access with privately-financed mini-grids by selecting the appropriate regulatory, contract and subsidy designs. The World Bank identified that although creating mini-grids could accelerate the pace of electrification, information about best practices for regulating mini-grids wasn’t widely available. Read more
Services
Transform sector performance through appropriate policies and sector designs in the energy, water, infrastructure, resources and other vital sectors ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to turn around the performance of public utilities and other enterprises ... Read more
we help public sector and international agencies to assess whether markets are competitive, and find practical ways to increase competition ... Read more
we help public sector and international agencies to design markets for vital public services such as electricity, gas, housing and ... Read more
we help public sector and international agencies to design regulation to control monopoly power and to limit negative externalities such ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to set tariffs and service standards for monopoly providers in ways that protect ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to build institutional frameworks for public private partnerships which ensure that the right ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to manage fiscal risk in infrastructure with appropriately designed tools and protocols that ... Read more
we help public sector and international agencies to develop master-plans and integrated resources plans in energy, water and transport. We ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to develop projects, and pipelines of projects, that create economic benefits and a ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to appraise projects to see if they are viable economically, financially, technical, environmentally ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to blend public and private finance so that socially desirable projects can proceed ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to manage transactions to attract private participation in public service provision. We structure ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to manage stakeholders and build consensus for major reforms and important projects. We ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to protect their legitimate interest in disputes through expert evidence which ensures that ... Read more
We help public sector and international agencies to design systems for optimal management and allocation of natural resources such as ... Read more
