"Breaking Out of Policy Silos: Doing More with Less" by Francesca Froy, Sylvain Giguère

In the context of the recent economic downturn, carefully balanced strategies are needed so that agencies use their increasingly limited resources to help meet shared economic priorities at the local level and set local economies back on the track to economic growth. National government policies can make a great deal of difference in building economically viable, sustainable communities, but not if policies are fragmented, services duplicated and agencies do not communicate with each other on what they are trying to achieve.


As government spending is reduced to pay off deficits, a drive is needed to make public policy more effective through reducing duplication at the local level and better aligning activities. Many lessons exist from different OECD countries on how to make local governance more effective, now is the time to put these into practice.

Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Executive summary

Part I. Synthesis of country findings
Why integrate policies?
The extent of local policy integration in the countries studied
What factors influence policy integration at the local level?
Co-operation at national level
Local co-operation
Flexibility
Capacities
Labour market conditions
Conclusions and recommendations
Areas for consideration by country
Bibliography
Annex A. The study team
Annex B. The case study regions

Part II. Country synopses
BULGARIA
CANADA
CROATIA
DENMARK
GREECE
ITALY
NEW ZEALAN
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
UNITED STATES
About the authors