Symposium to unpick New Zealand’s productivity performance

Symposium to unpick New Zealand’s productivity performance

A Symposium focused on New Zealand’s productivity paradox is being held in Wellington on 2 July. Murray Sherwin, Chair of the Productivity Commission, says “Despite having generally sound regulatory, policy and institutional settings, productivity growth has been persistently low in New Zealand compared with many other OECD countries.”

“This is the paradox that this symposium will be exploring. Improving New Zealand’s productivity performance is critical to provide people with wider and better choices in their day to day living. We are bringing both local and international expertise together to better understand New Zealand’s productivity situation and what the key barriers have been to better performance. The Symposium will help shape research and policy work aimed at lifting New Zealand’s productivity.

“The Commission is working with a number of other government agencies to convene this symposium. Presenters across a range of disciplines and industries will attend. Their insights across sectors such as ICT, capital markets, transport and construction will be highly valuable”, said Mr Sherwin.

The Symposium is being held in conjunction with the New Zealand Association of Economists’ 54th Annual Conference which follows 3-5 July 2013. The Symposium programme is attached.

To learn more, visit www.nzaeconference.co.nz

About the Productivity Hub

The Productivity Hub is a partnership of agencies focused on better understanding New Zealand’s productivity experience and the role of policy in improving productivity growth.

The Productivity Hub partners include: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Statistics New Zealand, The Treasury, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry for Primary Industries, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Health and the Productivity Commission.

See www.productivity.govt.nz/research/productivity-hub

About the New Zealand Productivity Commission

The Commission – an independent Crown Entity – completes in-depth inquiry reports on topics selected by the Government, carries out productivity-related research, and promotes understanding of productivity issues.

For further information, please contact:

Anne Rose anne.rose@productivity.govt.nz, T: (04) 903 5160, M: 029 770 8697

Symposium: Unpicking New Zealand’s Productivity Paradox

Tuesday 2 July 2013

Te Papa, Wellington

Programme

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Introduction

The Productivity Hub is a partnership of agencies focused on better understanding New Zealand’s productivity experience and the role of policy in improving productivity growth.

The Productivity Hub partners include: New Zealand Productivity Commission; The Treasury; Reserve Bank of New Zealand; Statistics New Zealand; Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Ministry for Primary Industries; Ministry of Transport; and Ministry of Health.

The Hub partners cordially invite the research community to a Symposium that will:

bring together evidence, analysis and interpretations of New Zealand’s productivity paradox to generate robust insights;

advance collective understanding of New Zealand’s productivity performance; and

gather ideas for research and policy work that will most effectively contribute to improving New Zealand’s productivity performance.

On the day

Some information to help plan your day and travels. When you arrive, use Te Papa’s main entrance and follow signs for ‘Symposium: Productivity Paradox’ – Oceania is located on level 3.

Registration is open from 8:15am, with tea and coffee available (we will have cloak room services);

Programme will run from 9:00am to 5:30pm; and

Drinks and nibbles are served from 5:30pm, we hope that you will stay and join us for a toast!

Te Papa has parking facilities that Symposium delegates may use at a reduced day-rate of $9. Retrieve a ticket from a parking machine as you enter and Te Papa will validate it for you before you leave.

1.1 Sponsors

The Hub is pleased to run this Symposium in conjunction with the 54th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists.

Get in touch!

To register for the Symposium, please visit the NZAE’s website where bookings can be made online: http://nzaeconference.co.nz/ or contact Lea Boodée, Conference Administrator, on: lea@on-cue.co.nz.

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