Employment hurts
Everyone has a job in this country! Is this good news for the taxpayer? Well, not necessarily.
From the chief executive to the newest intern, we work with the people who do the tasks every organisation needs to keep improving. Read More
Strategies
Where you want to be and what you need to get there
Operations
How you work on the day to day
Evaluations
What you learn from your experience
The organisations we work with have chosen to make people’s lives better based on information. Our job is to put the information through a series of checks so that we can find out what it is telling us. Read More
Economic analysis
Whether you get back more than you put in
Statistics
What is really happening to most people, not just a few
Qualitative techniques
The human side of things beyond numbers
Our information checks are good, but they still leave some questions without answers. We help organisations with those questions by making full sense of, and keeping true to information. Read More
Children’s services: costs and delivery
In 2016-17, working with the Early Intervention Foundation, we did statistical analysis, and interviews to understand spending by children’s services. This was in the context of the spending review: Read our report
Our information checks are good, but they still leave some questions without answers. We help organisations with those questions by making full sense of, and keeping true to information. Read More
Systematic map of vulnerability
In 2016, we reviewed the international evidence on how police officers can get better at spotting signs, and understanding risks in relation to vulnerable people.
Our information checks are good, but they still leave some questions without answers. We help organisations with those questions by making full sense of, and keeping true to information. Read More
Evaluation of Prevention Matters
In 2014-15, in partnership with Apteligen and LG Futures, we managed the evaluation of Prevention Matters, a programme for vulnerable adults. Our focus was on impact and cost benefit analyses. Read our report.
Policy Areas
The Aldaba team has done a lot of work on public services. We believe information can help public services make people’s lives better. These are the areas we know most about.
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News
Spend meets Cost
Cost is what it actually takes to get someone on track. Spend is what public services give to someone just because they do not have more. In this blog, I make the point that we know little about actual costs.