Analysis

Comparative Institutional Analysis

Comparative Institutional Analysis is a useful framework to advance thinking about the identification and the development of effective policy response to specific problems.  It is often used by governments to generate ideas and borrow policy initiatives when seeking to address problems in their own jurisdiction. This framework allows other to draw lesson from practise to inform their own design of rules and arrangements that might help address a policy issue.

Comparing Australia and New Zealand

It is a logical choice to make comparisons between Australia and New Zealand. This is due to the fact that these two countries share a strong link between historical, political and social contexts. A comparison between the different policies, in terms of child protection and abuse prevention, in Australia and New Zealand can be examined to provide insight into different policy responses and to discover which is more effective. By looking at the statistics of reported child abuse in both countries, it would seem Australia has some useful policy responses that New Zealand can benefit from.  The lessons from the comparisons have helped to shape the recommendations to the New Zealand Government.