Public Services
A public service is a service intended to serve all members of a community. It is usually provided by the government to people living within its jurisdiction, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing provision of services. The term is associated with a social consensus (usually expressed through democratic elections) that certain services should be available to all, regardless of income, physical ability or mental acuity. Examples of such services include the fire brigade, police, air force, and paramedics. (See also: Public service broadcasting) Even where public services are neither publicly provided nor publicly financed, for social and …
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Eurofound · 1 November 2024 English
This report explores the implications of the right of all EU citizens to live independently. It investigates the barriers faced by people who wish to live independently, and the situation …
Research report Forthcoming Social protection Public services Living conditions and quality of life 10/3/23 …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 25 October 2024 English
The landscape of the politics of Brexit remains a broad and highly contested terrain, ranging from those convinced it was a great and necessary triumph, to be defended at all …
for tax revenues to repair highly-stressed public services can hardly afford to ignore the sector’s stated … The same goes for other ministers and other public services. For this reason, even if ‘the people have …
PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 22 October 2024 English
Focusing on the limitations of traditional aid, particularly in protracted crises such as in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and Gaza, the paper argues for innovative financing mechanisms and a realist perspective …
unemployment, housing shortages, and overstretched public services. The disconnect between humanitarian interventions … severe political and economic turmoil, saw its public services stretched beyond capacity. In Jordan, despite …
PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 22 October 2024 English
This phase of hyper-globalization and deterritorialization began to reverse after the 2008 subprime crisis, the aftermath of which saw the beginning of the deglobalization period of today. [...] In contrast …
populations to move to the periphery, where public services and opportunities are scarcer. Aggregated data … expanded into broader concerns about improving public services, misusing budgetary resources, and combating …
The Australia Institute · 19 October 2024 English
Introduction The purpose of this study is to first, outline the scale of potential domestic demand and supply for onshore and offshore wind-towers used in electricity generation; second, determine the …
policies, globalisation, the role of government, public services, and more. The Centre also develops timely … state assets and contracting- out remaining public services to the private sector (Cahill and Toner 2018) …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
Application Centre (MRSAC), Maharashtra Right to Public Services (MRTS) Commission - contracted through MITRA …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 October 2024 English
This compendium brings together a set of briefings prepared by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) to guide Members of the European Parliament through the parliamentary hearings of Commissioners-designate in …
enhance new industrial uses of AI and improve public services; and (iii) develop Mario Draghi's proposal …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 October 2024 English
The impact assessment (IA) effectively substantiates the need for a recast of the Child Sexual Abuse Directive, to expand the definitions of offences, and introduce higher penalties and more specific …
quality, productivity loss, and costs to provide public services to assist victims). According to the IA, the …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 17 October 2024 English
Editors’ Note The quest for resilient and equitable cities has never been more urgent than in this era marked by rapid technological advancements and increasing urbanisation. ORF’s latest volume in …
strained infrastructure and inadequate public services, to environmental degradation and the lack … development, operational resilience, responsive public services, and inclusive governance. Data-driven resource … sector modernisation: (i) citizen-centric public services that are universally accessible; (ii) simple … Procedures that are digital by design User-driven public services Government as a Platform (GaaP) Open by default … sector Proactive administration Citizen-centric public services that are universally accepted Whole-of-government …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
A Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a diagnostic instrument to analyze key constraints to growth, support policy dialogue with the government, and inform engagement with different stakeholders. During February 2023 …
expensive for the government to provide quality public services and infrastructure outside of urban areas …
