Report summarising the the key messages from presentations given at a What Works Scotland event in April 2017 to consider outcomes-based approaches in public service reform.
What can the capabilities approach add to policy analysis in high-income countries?
This working paper sets out What Works Scotland’s early thinking on using the capabilities approach, as a conceptual framework to assess what communities want from their public services, and explains why and how capabilities is a useful approach to evaluate public service reform in Scotland.
Paper and blog on the Capabilities approach
Richard Brunner, What Works Scotland Research Fellow, and Nick Watson What Works Scotland Co-Director, explore the concept of ‘capabilities’ as a framework for public service reform. Read the blog here or download the working paper