---
title: A learning system for evidence informed social policy - NZIER Insight 64
description: Effective social policy and service delivery requires a learning system. Imagine if…New Zealand had an effective learning system to generate and capture evidence to inform spending decisions for social policy.
---

[Latest News ](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news)

# [A learning system for evidence informed social policy - NZIER Insight 64](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/a-learning-system-for-evidence-informed-social-policy-nzier-insight-64)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/author/the-nzier-team) | October 27, 2016

Effective social policy and service delivery requires a learning system. Imagine if…New Zealand had an effective learning system to generate and capture evidence to inform spending decisions for social policy. A good learning system will include evidence about ‘doing the right things’ as well as ‘doing things right’. In this Insight we discuss three promising practices that New Zealand could adopt.

[View full post](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/a-learning-system-for-evidence-informed-social-policy-nzier-insight-64)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "The NZIER Team"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2022-03-09T23:15:45.429Z",
  "datePublished" : "2016-10-27T02:49:00Z",
  "headline" : "A learning system for evidence informed social policy - NZIER Insight 64",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/a-learning-system-for-evidence-informed-social-policy-nzier-insight-64",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Latest News"
  }
}
```