The Local Formula: Myths, Facts, and Challenges (December 2015): 21F This report seeks to answer a key question: Why does local government sometimes behave as though growth is something to be prevented or contained rather than welcomed? The report investigates the history and structure of local government and its roles, functions, and funding. [...] City and regional deals can also be found in Europe, for example, France’s ‘city contracts’ and the Netherlands’ ‘agenda city and region’.7 8 They have also been struck in Canada, for example ‘integrated bilateral agreements’ between the federal government and provinces/territories and city deal-style arrangements with a small number of city-regions, like Greater Toronto and Metro Vancouver.9 Key. [...] There is value in tailoring deals to the unique needs and opportunities of each city and region while also maintaining a degree of consistency in the overarching framework and core principles. [...] Also, in 2020, the Infrastructure Commission's 30-year infrastructure strategy recommended that the Government pursue city and regional deals to drive productivity growth and tackle the challenges facing New Zealand's cities, particularly in housing and transport. [...] However, if we consider local deals more broadly, devolved social service delivery is already being pioneered by iwi like Ngāti Awa, whose Social and Health Services Trust offers education, health and social services.18 A lack of trust and confidence on the part of both central government and local government is possibly the biggest impediment to the roll out of local deals.
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