Scope and methods
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The Briefing will use a mix of methods, indicatively:
- engagement with individuals and organisations to identify specialist and diverse perspectives about trends and their implications for productivity
- review of the existing evidence base (data and literature) on New Zealand’s productivity, both retrospective and any forward-looking assessments
- review of existing international and/or New Zealand-specific evidence base on global trends and their potential future impact on productivity
- foresight techniques, to identify issues for more in-depth analysis and engagement, eg driver mapping, and to identify implications of trends, eg scenario analysis.
For the purposes of the Briefing, we will seek to understand productivity at the national, whole of New Zealand, level. In doing that, we may draw on evidence and insights about productivity at a worker, regional and firm level, and explore different facets or inputs to productivity, such as labour, capital and resources.
Question 6
Is there any information, perspectives or methods that you recommend we use to develop the Briefing? Please provide details.