Read the latest blogs from the IGL network.
As more and more governments attempt to base their policies on sound evidence, randomised controlled trials - the 'gold standard' in evaluation - are gaining a stronger role in determining which policies work. But are they really the best way to tell us which policies should be used? This blogpost explores how to improve our ability to learn and better design things that work.
Our estimates for the spending on business support across the European Union, based on our research for the UK, indicate that as much as €152 billion were spent in 2014. In this blog, we explore what this means for Europe, and what could be done better.
This blog post outlines how we arrived at the figure of £9.8 billion in UK government spending on business support. Continue reading
Our research on suggests the British government spent £9.8 billion in 2013-2014 supporting its businesses. But has this spending worked? In this blogpost, we call for more evaluation and experimentation in business support programmes.
365 days ago IGL was born. We launched IGL with the aim of contributing to make innovation and growth policy much more experimental. A question many people ask is why this is important (and what we are doing about it).
