The guest lecture was held at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the format of “interactive discussion” with the participation of the Deputy Chief Executive, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, John Ballingall on the topic: «The Social Investment approach: A better way of evaluating the value for money of government spending?».
The guest lecture was organized by the Department of Management, within the framework of the Open Economy Forum initiated by The Corporate Foundation “Charitable Foundation Soros Kazakhstan”, this lecture was attended by lecturers and master students.
During the interactive discussion, J. Ballingall shared the experience of New Zealand in carrying out social reforms in particular on fiscal policy and social investments.
The lecturer emphasized that there will also be more systematic measurement of the effectiveness of services people are currently receiving.
During the discussion, the audience learned the opinion of a foreign expert on the foregoing issues.