Social investment is back – and so are the risks of using data to target disadvantage
- Written by Eileen Joy, Professional Teaching Fellow in Social Work, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Getty ImagesWith the recent establishment of a new Social Investment Agency – described as a “driving project” for the government by Finance Minister Nicola Willis – it seems New Zealand has come full circle on this approach to social welfare.
First championed by then finance minister Bill English in 2015, social investment...
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